Statistical estimation of chemical characteristics for dispersed solid matter

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 83-95

  Uerkvitz, Ralf ^a   Goetz, Dietmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Concentration limits; Lognormal distribution; Sampling strategy; Slag; Statistical estimation; Waste incineration; Waste product analysis

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISPERSIONS; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; REFUSE INCINERATORS; SAMPLING; SLAGS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

SKEWED FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION;

WASTE INCINERATION;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ERROR; INCINERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLAG; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032005161     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X9801600110     Document Type: Article

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