Abundance, modes of occurrence, and removal of mercury in Illinois coals

ACS Division of Fuel Chemistry, Preprints

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 289-291

  Demir, Ilham ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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EID: 0040440278     PISSN: 05693772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
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