Sequential leaching of heavy metals and sulfur in bottom ash and fly ash from the co-combustion of wood and peat at a municipal district heating plant

Chemical Speciation and Bioavailability

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 131-142

  Kuokkanen, Toivo ^a   Pöykiö, Risto ^b   Nurmesniemi, Hannu ^c   Rämö, Jaakko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b Finland's Environmental Administration   (Finland)

^c Stora Enso   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ash; Bioavailability; Extraction; Leaching; Metal speciation; Peat; Waste; Wood

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147219599     PISSN: 09542299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09542299.2006.11073748     Document Type: Article

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