Determination of selenium by ICP-MS and HG-ICP-MS in coal, fly ashes and sorbents used for flue gas cleaning

Fuel

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 231-235

  Díaz Somoano, Mercedes ^a   López Antón, M Antonia ^a   Martínez Tarazona, M Rosa ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DEL CARBÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coal; Fly ashes; HG ICP MS; ICP MS; Microwave digestion; Selenium determination; Solid sorbents

Indexed keywords

CLEANING; FLUE GASES; FLY ASH; SELENIUM;

FLUE GAS CLEANING;

COAL;

EID: 0141818939     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-2361(03)00259-X     Document Type: Article

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