Sorption of heavy metals on a coal beneficiationTailing material. I: Characterization and mechanisms involved

Coal Preparation

Volumn 21, Issue 5-6, 2001, Pages 477-495

  Feris L A ^a   Flores, J A ^a   Schneider, I A ^b   Rubio, J ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PASSO FUNDO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coal tailings; Interfacial complexation; Metal ions; Mineralogical composition; Sorption; Surface precipitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242615382     PISSN: 07349343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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