Potentially hazardous elements in coal: Modes of occurrence and summary of concentration data for coal components

Coal Preparation

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 133-157

  Kolker, Allan ^a   Finkelman, Robert B ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

HAPs elements; Microanalysis; Mode of occurrence; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007557439     PISSN: 07349343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07349349808945578     Document Type: Article

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