Emissions during the hot metal desulfurization process are created by both the reaction of the. reagents injected into the metal and the turbulence during injection. The pollutants emitted are mostly. iron oxides, calcium oxides, and oxides of the compound injected.
Weighing up to 700 pounds (317.5 kilograms) green turtles are among the largest sea turtles in the world. Their proportionally small head, which is nonretractable, extends from a heart-shaped carapace that measures up to 5 feet (1.5 meters). Males are slightly larger than females and have a longer tail.
1 Turtles can range in size from the 4 inch Bog turtle to the 1,500 pound Leathery Turtles. 2  Kempâs Ridley is the smallest and rarest of all sea turtles and is an endangered species as is the leatherback turtle.