Nanostructured sorbents for capture of cadmium species in combustion environments

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 8481-8489

  Lee, Myong Hwa ^a   Cho, Kuk ^a   Shah, Apoorva P ^b   Biswas, Pratim ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b TRITON SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COMBUSTION; LEACHING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NUCLEATION; SILICA; SORPTION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CADMIUM OXIDE; COMBUSTION SYSTEMS; MONTMORILLONITE (MMT); PHYSISORPTION;

ADSORBENTS;

CADMIUM; MONTMORILLONITE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SORBENT;

CADMIUM; COMBUSTION; FLUE GAS;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMBUSTION; DEVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXHAUST GAS; LEACHING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TIME;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CADMIUM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 27644442531     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0506713     Document Type: Article

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