Coal cleaning to remove trace elements - A review

Coal Preparation

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 159-176

  Davidson, Robert M ^a  

^a IEA Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cleaning; Coal; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009878355     PISSN: 07349343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07349349808945579     Document Type: Review

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