Turów lignite power plant (ashes and coal pyrite)
Lower Silesia, Bogatynia, Poland
Mine tailings and waste rock
- Type
- Mine tailings and waste rock
Circulating fluidised bed boilers (about 850 °C) since 2005, bag and electrostatic filters; blocks A and B co-firing 10 and 4 t/h of biomass. Tl-rich (24.5 mg/kg), light coal pyrite; fly ashes lighter than bottom ashes, light thallium going into the vapour phase (Vaněk et al., 2016). Indicative coordinates (Bogatynia).
ε205Tl in ε units (parts per 10,000) Values of the same system
Standard : NIST SRM 997
| Value | Range | n | Mineral or matrix | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| −2.66 ± 0.23 ε | −2.82 / −2.5 ε | 2 | fly ash (blocks A and B) Mean and standard deviation recalculated from 2 analyses, 2.25 and 2.94 mg/kg Tl. | Vaněk et al. (2016), Isotopic Tracing of Thallium Contamination in Soils Affected by Emis… |
| 0.04 ± 0.28 ε | −0.16 / 0.23 ε | 2 | bottom ash (blocks A and B) Mean and standard deviation recalculated from 2 analyses, 1.33 and 1.40 mg/kg Tl. | Vaněk et al. (2016), Isotopic Tracing of Thallium Contamination in Soils Affected by Emis… |
| −5.54 ± 0.7 ε | 1 | Turów mine coal pyrite Single analysis; 24.5 mg/kg Tl; possible primary source, the lignite itself not being measured. | Vaněk et al. (2016), Isotopic Tracing of Thallium Contamination in Soils Affected by Emis… |
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Cite this page
IsoFind Atlas (2026). Turów lignite power plant (ashes and coal pyrite), isotope signatures. https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/sites/centrale-au-lignite-de-turow-cendres-et-pyrite-du-charbon/ (accessed 2026-10-15).
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title = {Turów lignite power plant (ashes and coal pyrite), isotope signatures},
author = {{IsoFind Atlas}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/sites/centrale-au-lignite-de-turow-cendres-et-pyrite-du-charbon/},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-15}
}Updated : 2026-10-15