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. 2019 Feb 21;26(11):11042–11052. doi: 10.1007/s11356-019-04282-3

Table 6.

Relative potential Hazard Index (pHI) for the combustion of selected WEEE

Contaminant pHI
PC PCB Mobile PCB Wires
Copper (Cu) 1.6 3.0 3.5
Lead (Pb) 170.0 88.7
Chromium (Cr) 0.6
Zinc (Zn) 0.0 0.0
Nickel (Ni) 159.5 437.7
Aluminum (Al) 2.4 1.6
Cobalt (Co) 16.4
Barium (Ba) 5.1
Strontium (Sr) 1.2
2,3,7,8-TCDD 616.4 308.2 3082.2
pHITOT 973.3 839.2 3085.7
pHITOT 1.2 1.0 3.7