The production of ultra clean coal by sequential leaching with HF followed by HNO3

Fuel

Volumn 82, Issue 15-17, 2003, Pages 1917-1920

  Steel, Karen M ^a   Patrick, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coal demineralisation; Hydrofluoric acid; Nitric acid; Pyrite; Ultra clean coal

Indexed keywords

COAL COMBUSTION; LEACHING; NITRIC ACID;

DEMINERALIZATION;

COAL;

EID: 0041627557     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-2361(03)00149-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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