Selected elements and radionuclides in thermal coals from Alberta, Canada

Energy Sources

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 259-269

  Gentzis, Thomas ^a   Goodarzi, Fariborz ^b  

^a ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^b Institute of Sedimentary & Petroleum Geology   (Canada)

Author keywords

Combustion; Radionuclides; Thermal coals; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BITUMINOUS COAL; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLY ASH; POWER GENERATION; TRACE ELEMENTS;

COAL FIRED POWER PLANTS; COALIFICATION; SELECTED ELEMENTS; THERMAL COALS;

RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 0031122944     PISSN: 00908312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00908319708908849     Document Type: Article

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