Trace element concentrations in ashes from various types of Lichen biomass species

Energy Sources

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 499-506

  Demirbas, Ayhan ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ash analysis; Lichen biomass; Sulfur adsorption; Trace metal

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTION; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; SULFUR; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ASH ANALYSIS; LICHEN BIOMASS; SULFUR ADSORPTION;

BIOMASS;

EID: 1842557751     PISSN: 00908312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00908310490429687     Document Type: Article

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