Novel sorbents for mercury removal from flue gas

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1020-1029

  Granite, Evan J ^a   Pennline, Henry W ^a   Hargis, Richard A ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; AGENTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPOSITION; FLUE GASES; PACKED BEDS; REMOVAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS;

ATOMIC FLUORESCENCE SPECTROPHOTOMETER; COLD VAPOR ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETER; SORBENTS;

MERCURY (METAL);

ACTIVATED CARBON; ARGON; MERCURY; METAL OXIDE; SORBENT;

FLUE GAS; MERCURY; PACKED BED; REMOVAL;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL REACTION; FLUE GAS; GAS ANALYSIS; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0034085340     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie990758v     Document Type: Article

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