Mode of occurrence of arsenic in four US coals

Fuel processing technology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 167-178

  Kolker, Allan ^a   Huggins, F E ^b   Palmer, C A ^a   Shah, Naresh ^b   Crowley, S S ^a   Huffman, G P ^b   Finkelman, R B ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BITUMINOUS COAL; LEACHING; MICROANALYSIS; OXIDATION; PYRITES; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE (XAFS) SPECTROSCOPY;

COAL COMBUSTION;

EID: 0033882653     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3820(99)00095-8     Document Type: Article

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