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Table 5 Metal content in tyre leachate

From: Determination of aerobic and anaerobic biological degradability of waste tyres

Heavy metal

Concentrations of heavy metals (mg/kg)

Our results

Study

Cadmium

0.011

0.28–0.96 [48]

Lead

0.134

1.0–160 [48]

Chromium

0.011

0.4–6.73 [48]

Iron

0.012

2.12–533 [48]

Zinc

0.005

463 [49]

  1. aThe concentrations of heavy metals our results in the leachate were compared with a study aimed at measuring heavy metals in tyre runoff