TY - JOUR N2 - Until now, dust arising from lime manufacture has been considered harmless to the environment so it has been investigated marginally from the standpoint of environmental protection, especially when it came to magnetic properties and heavy metal content. The aim of the research was filling the gap in this area. The research comprised measurements of magnetic susceptibility, the content of heavy metals, reaction (pH) and specific conductivity of lime dust and also raw material and fuel used for lime production. The samples were taken from one of the lime plants located in Opole Province. Similar investigations were also performed for dust taken from the nearby cement plant using dry method of cement production. It was proven that magnetic susceptibility, heavy metal content and conductivity of lime dust was lower in comparison to cement dust, which resulted from the fact that the lime plant used neither low raw materials nor additives. Due to the high atmosphere dust level in the vicinity of the investigated plants, extremely basic reaction of the tested dust and high content of metals, the studied dust cause alkalization of soils and contribute to the increase of heavy metal content in soils, posing a threat to the environment. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/85732/PDF/10265-Volume38-Issue2_07-paper.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/85732 PY - 2012 IS - No 2 DO - 10.2478/v10265-012-0019-3 KW - Lime dust KW - magnetic susceptibility KW - heavy metals KW - pH KW - specific conductivity A1 - Gołuchowska, B. A1 - Strzyszcz, Z. A1 - Kusza, G. PB - Polish Academy of Sciences VL - vol. 38 DA - 2012 T1 - Magnetic Susceptibility and Heavy Metal Content in Dust From the Lime Plant and the Cement Plant in Opole Voivodeship UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/85732 T2 - Archives of Environmental Protection ER -