Fuel-type characterization of carbonaceous fly-ash particles using EDS-derived surface chemistries and its application to particles extracted from lake sediments

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 452, Issue 1947, 1996, Pages 881-907

  Rose, N L ^a   Juggins, S ^a,c   Watt, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33746752199     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1996.0044     Document Type: Article

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