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Table A Silver: consumptive uses, United States, by category

Year

Protective cover

Electrical

Chemical

Biocidal poison uses

    
Metallic

uses

(except

coatings

and

electrical

 Plating

and

coating

 Paints

and pig-

meets

 Batteries

and

equipment

 Other

electrical

uses, in-

struments,

etc.

 Industrial

catalysts,

reagents,

explosives,

etc.

 Consumer

additives,

extenders,

photo-

graphy,

etc.

 Agricultural

pesticides,

herbicides,

fungicides

 Non-

agricultural

pesticides,

except

medical

 Medical,

dental,

pharma-

ceutical

 Miscel-

laneous,

NEC

 Total
Percentage use
1980 26 0 0 4.8 22 2.5 40 0 0 1 3.0 -
1972 42 0 0 4.0 24 2.2 25 0 0 1 1.6 -
1967 42 0 0 4.0 21 2.0 26 0 0 2 3.0 -
1958 57 0 0 2.0 11 2.0 22 0 0 2 7.0 -
1942 70 0 0 0 7 3.0 15 0 0 2 3.0 -
1929 75 0 0 0 3 3.0 15 0 0 4 0 -
1919 80 0 0 0 0 1.5 12 0 0 6 0 -
1900 85 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 5.0 -
1880 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5.0 -
Use in metric tons
1980 1,096 0 0 202 927.4 105.4 1,686.1 0 0 42 126.5 4,215.3
1972 1,819 0 0 173 1,039.2 95.3 1,082.5 0 0 43 69.3 4,329.9
1967 1,318 0 0 126 658.9 62.8 815.8 0 0 63 94.1 3,137.7
1958 1,790 0 0 63 345.4 62.8 690.8 0 0 63 219.8 3,140.1
1942 1,233 0 0 0 123.3 52.8 264.2 0 0 35 52.8 1,761.2
1929 817 0 0 0 32.7 32.7 163.5 0 0 44 0 1,089.9
1919 906 0 0 0 0 17.0 135.0 0 0 68 0 1,132.1
1900 1,005 0 0 0 0 0 59.1 0 0 59 59.1 1,181.9
1880 420 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 23.3 466.6
Emissions from consumptive uses
1980 11.508 0 0 2.023 9.27 105.4 674.4 0 0 21.08 6.323 830.03
1972 19.095 0 0 1.732 10.39 95.3 433.0 0 0 21.65 3.464 584.58
1967 13.837 0 0 1.255 6.59 62.8 326.3 0 0 31.38 4.707 446.84
1958 18.793 0 0 0.628 3.45 62.8 276.3 0 0 31.40 10.990 404.40
1942 12.945 0 0 0 1.23 52.8 105.7 0 0 17.61 2.642 192.94
1929 8.583 0 0 0 0.33 32.7 65.4 0 0 21.80 0.000 128.80
1919 9.510 0 0 0 0 17.0 54.3 0 0 33.96 0.000 114.79
1900 10.548 0 0 0 0 0 23.6 0 0 29.55 2.955 66.69
1880 4.409 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.67 1.166 17.24

Table B Arsenic: consumptive uses, United States, by category

Year

Protective cover

Electrical

Chemical

Biocidal poison uses

 Miscel-

laneous,

NEC

Total
Metallic

uses

(except

coatings

and

electrical

 Plating

and

coating

 Paints

and pig-

meets

 Batteried

and

equipment

 Other

electrical

uses, in-

struments,

etc.

 Industrial

catalysts,

reagents,

explosives,

etc.

 Consumer

additives,

extenders,

photo

graphy,

etc.

 Agricultural

pesticides,

herbicides,

fungicides

 Non-

agricultural

pesticides,

except

medical

 Medical,

dental,

pharma-

ceutical

    
Percentage use
1980 2 0 0 1 0 5 0 30 60 1 0 -
1970 2 0 0 1 0 4 0 45 45 1 0 -
1960 2 0 0 1 0 5 0 80 10 2 0 -
1950 2 0 0 1 0 5 0 80 10 2 0 -
1940 2 0 0 1 0 5 0 80 10 2 0 -
1930 2 0 0 0 0 5 1 80 10 2 0 -
1920 2 0 2 0 0 5 3 75 10 3 0 -
1900 0 0 5 0 0 10 10 60 10 5 0 -
1880 1 0 10 0 0 10 10 40 20 10 0 -
Use in metric tons
1980 0.393 0 0 0.197 0 0.983 0 5.901 11.801 0.197 0 19.67
1970 0.513 0 0 0.256 0 1.025 0 11.532 11.532 0.256 0 25.63
1960 0.358 0 0 0.179 0 0.895 0 14.315 1.789 0.358 0 17.89
1950 0.369 0 0 0.185 0 0.923 0 14.762 1.845 0.369 0 18.45
1940 0.592 0 0 0.296 0 1.479 0 23.663 2.958 0.592 0 29.58
1930 0.415 0 0 0 0 1.037 0.207 16.590 2.074 0.415 0 20.74
1920 0.253 0 0.253 0 0 0.633 0.380 9.494 1.266 0.380 0 12.66
1900 0 0 0.190 0 0 0.380 0.380 2.281 0.380 0.190 0 3.80
1880 0.012 0 0.123 0 0 0.123 0.123 0.494 0.247 0.123 0 1.23
Emissions from consumptive uses
1980 0.039 0 0 1.97 0 492 0 2,950 5,901 19.7 0 9,364
1970 0.051 0 0 2.56 0 513 0 5,766 5,766 25.6 0 12,072
1900 0.036 0 0 1.79 0 447 0 7,158 895 35.8 0 8,537
1950 0.037 0 0 1.85 0 461 0 7,381 923 36.9 0 8,804
1940 0.059 0 0 2.96 0 739 0 11,882 1,479 59.2 0 14,112
1930 0.041 0 0 0 0 518 166 8,295 1,037 41.5 0 10,058
1920 0.025 0 127 0 0 316 304 4,747 633 38.0 0 6,164
1900 0 0 95 0 0 190 304 1,140 190 19.0 0 1,939
1880 0.001 0 62 0 0 62 99 247 123 12.3 0 605

Table C Cadmium: consumptive uses, United States, by category

Year

Protective cover

Electrical

Chemical

Biocidal poison uses

 Miscel-

laneous,

NEC

 Total
Metallic

uses

(except

coatings

and

electrical

 Plating

and

coating

 Paints

and pig-

meets

 Batteries

and

equipment

 Other

electrical

uses, in-

struments,

etc.

 Industrial

catalysts,

reagents,

explosives,

etc.

 Consumer

additives,

extenders,

photo-

graphy,

etc.

 Agricultural

pesticides,

herbicides,

fungicides

 Non-

agricultural

pesticides,

except

medical

 Medical,

dental,

pharma-

ceutical
Percentage use
1979 2 50.9 13.0 21.9 0 0 11.0 0 0 0 1.1 -
1970 2 49.9 14.4 3.4 0 0 26.3 0 0 0 4.1 -
1963 2 57.6 15.0 7.4 0 0 17.5 0 0 0 0.1 -
1950 3 68.0 17.0 3.0 0 0 9.0 0 0 0 0 -
1940 4 75.0 20.0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1930 4 75.0 20.0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1920 0 0 100.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1880 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Use in metric tons
1979 35.6 907.0 231.7 390.3 0 0 196.0 0 0 0 19.6 1,782.0
1970 89.5 2,332.8 644.3 152.1 0 0 1,176.8 0 0 0 183.5 4,474.6
1963 96.5 2,779.6 732.9 357.1 0 0 844.5 0 0 0 24.1 4,825.7
1950 114.7 2,598.8 649.7 114.7 0 0 344.0 0 0 0 0 3,821.8
1940 134.3 2,517.8 671.4 33.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,357.0
1930 40.1 752.5 200.7 10.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,003.3
1920 0 0 67.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67.8
1900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.4
1880 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Emissions consumptive uses
1979 0.036 136.06 116 7.81 0 0 29 0 0 0 0.980 290
1970 0.089 334.92 322 3.04 0 0 177 0 0 0 9.173 846
1963 0.097 416.94 362 7.14 0 0 127 0 0 0 1.206 914
1950 0.115 389.82 325 2.29 0 0 52 0 0 0 0 769
1940 0.134 377.66 336 0.67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 714
1930 0.040 112.87 100 0.20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 213
1920 0 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34
1900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1880 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Table D Chromium: consumptive uses, United States, by category

 

Protective cover

Electrical

Chemical

Biocidal poison uses

    
  Metallic           Consumer          
  uses       Other Industrial additives,   Non-      
  (except       electrical catalysts, extenders, Agricultural agricultural Medical,    
  coatings Plating Paints Batteries uses, in- reagents, photo- pesticides, pesticides, dental, Miscel-  
  and and and pig- and struments, explosives, graphy, herbicides, except pharma- laneous,  
Year electrical coating meets equipment etc. etc. etc. fungicides medical ceutical NEC Total
Percentage use
1980 58.5 3.0 5.0 0 0 0.5 2.7 0 0.4 0 16.5 -
1968 62.5 4.2 5.0 0 0 0.5 3.0 0 0.3 0 25.0 -
1960 54.0 4.0 6.0 0 0 0.5 3.0 0 0.2 0 32.0 -
1950 50.0 4.0 6.5 0 0 0.5 3.0 0 0.2 0 35.0 -
1940 50.0 3.5 14.5 0 0 0.5 4.0 0 0.2 0 27.0 -
1930 60.0 2.5 7.7 0 0 0.5 4.0 0 0.1 0 30.0 -
1920 50.0 0 15.0 0 0 0.5 10.0 0 0 0 25.0 -
1900 0 0 100.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1880 0 0 100.0 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 -
Use in metric tons
1980 151.8 7.78 12.97 0 0 1.297 7.78 0 1.038 0 42.8 259.46
1968 233.8 15.04 17.91 0 0 1.791 9.67 0 1.074 0 89.5 358.16
1960 176.1 13.04 19.56 0 0 1.630 9.78 0 0.652 0 104.3 326.02
1950 129.9 10.39 16.88 0 0 1.299 7.79 0 0.519 0 90.9 259.73
1940 81.4 5.70 23.61 0 0 0.814 6.51 0 0.326 0 44.0 162.83
1930 41.7 1.74 5.35 0 0 0.347 2.78 0 0.139 0 20.8 69.42
1920 16.9 0 5.08 0 0 0.169 3.38 0 0.034 0 8.5 33.85
1900 0 0 6.49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.49
1880 0 0 0.67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.67
Emissions from comsumptive uses
1980 0.1518 0.1557 6.49 0 0 1.297 0.389 0 1.038 0 2.141 11.659
1968 0.2238 0.3009 8.95 0 0 1.791 0.484 0 1.074 0 4.477 17.304
1960 0.1761 0.2608 9.78 0 0 1.630 0.489 0 0.652 0 5.216 18.205
1950 0.1299 0.2078 8.44 0 0 1.299 0.390 0 0.519 0 4.545 15.532
1940 0.0814 0.1140 11.81 0 0 0.814 0.326 0 0.326 0 2.198 15.665
1930 0.0417 0.347 2.67 0 0 0.347 0.139 0 0.139 0 1.041 4.415
1920 0.0169 0 2.54 0 0 0.169 0.169 0 0.034 0 0.423 3.351
1900 0 0 3.25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.246
1880 0 0 0.34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 337

Table E Copper: consumptive uses, United States, by category

Year

Protective cover

Electrical

Chemical

Biocidal poison uses

 Miscel-

laneous,

NEC

 Total
Metallic

uses

(except

coatings

and

electrical

 Plating

and

coating

 Paints

and pig-

meets

 Batteries

and

equipment

 Other

electrical

uses, in-

struments,

etc.

 Industrial

catalysts,

reagents,

explosives,

etc.

 Consumer

additives,

extenders,

photo-

graphy,

etc.

 Agricultural

pesticides,

herbicides,

fungicides

 Non-

agricultural

pesticides,

except

medical

 Medical,

dental,

pharma-

ceutical
Percentage use
1980 99.670 0 0 0 0 0.190 0 0.14 0 0 0 -
1970 99.610 0 0 0 0 0.230 0 0.10 0 0 0 -
1960 99.440 0 0 0 0 0.260 0 0.30 0 0 0 -
1950 99.420 0 0 0 0 0.270 0 0.31 0 0 0 -
1945 99.355 0 0 0 0 0.265 0 0.70 0 0 0 -
1940 99.290 0 0 0 0 0.260 0 0.45 0 0 0 -
1930 99.460 0 0 0 0 0.270 0 0.27 0 0 0 -
1920 99.040 0 0 0 0 0.290 0 0.67 0 0 0 -
1900 99.220