Formation of atmospheric particulate mercury in the Tokyo metropolitan area

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 239-246

  Sakata, Masahiro ^a   Marumoto, Kohji ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airborne particles; Heavy metals; Municipal solid waste incineration; Physical adsorption; Thermodynamic analysis

Indexed keywords

MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY AMALGAMS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SOLID WASTES; WASTE INCINERATION;

QUARTZ FIBER FILTER;

AIR POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY; ZINC;

INCINERATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; THERMODYNAMICS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; DESORPTION; FILTER; INCINERATION; JAPAN; LEACHING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE; SUMMER; THERMODYNAMICS;

HONSHU; JAPAN; TOKYO;

EID: 0036148643     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(01)00432-0     Document Type: Article

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