Chemical and radiological profile of the coal ash landfill in Kaštel gomilica

Arhiv za Higijenu Rada i Toksikologiju

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-16

  Oreščanin, Višnja ^a   Barišić, Delko ^a   Mikelić, Luka ^a   Lovrenčić, Ivanka ^a   Rozmaric Macefat, Martina ^a   Pavlović, Gordana ^b   Lulić, Stipe ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b Institute of Mineralogy and Petrology   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Leaching; Radionuclide; Slag and ash

Indexed keywords

COAL; HEAVY METAL; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 226; SEA WATER; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 235; URANIUM 238;

ASH; BIOAVAILABILITY; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROATIA; LANDFILL; LEACHING; MINERALOGY; RADIATION MONITORING; SLAG; SOIL ANALYSIS;

COAL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS, HEAVY; POWER PLANTS; RADIOISOTOPES; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 33645538847     PISSN: 00041254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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