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Process Name Cleaning Furnaces or Flues
Description Potential metal exposures include vanadium, arsenic, and thallium. [LaDou, p. 414, 430, 434] Magnesite-chrome firebricks are used in refractory furnaces. 64% of chromium emissions come from fuel combustion and steel production. [ATSDR Case Studies #4]
Category Clean
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