Airborne emissions of mercury from municipal solid waste. ii: Potential losses of airborne mercury before landfill

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 870-877

  Reinhart, Debra ^d   Sfeir, Hala ^d   Bogle, Mary Anna ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; FIELD EMISSION; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; LANDFILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLID WASTE; THERMOMETER; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY; REFUSE DISPOSAL; VOLATILIZATION;

DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; FLUORESCENT LAMPS; LAND FILL; MERCURY (METAL); REDUCTION; THERMOMETERS;

AIRBORNE MERCURY; LANDFILL GAS; MERCURY VAPOR;

SOLID WASTES;

EID: 24344441589     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2005.10464695     Document Type: Article

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