Application of coupled thermostatted columns in civil engineering and for leaching heavy metals of wastes from foundry sands and mining industry

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 46-65

  Vite Torres, J ^a   Diaz Calva A ^a   De León, C Carreño ^a   Vite Torres, M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bricks; Civil engineering; Coupled thermostatted columns; Foundry sands; Heavy metals; Leaching; Tailings

Indexed keywords

COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); DEPOSITION; HEAVY METALS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOSTATS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

TOXIC METALS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING;

HEAVY METAL;

HEAVY METAL; MINING; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTE;

GOLD; LEACHING; MINE WASTE; MINING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SILVER; TAILINGS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ENGINEERING; EXTRACTION; FOUNDRY; INSTRUMENTATION; LEACHING; METAL EXTRACTION; MINING; SAND; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLID WASTE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOXICITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

HIDALGO STATE; MEXICO; PACHUCA;

EID: 0037594895     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2003.003306     Document Type: Article

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