Determination of mercury in ash and soil samples by oxygen flask combustion method-Cold vapor atomic fluorescence spectrometry (CVAFS)

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 154, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 325-330

  Geng, Wenhua ^a   Nakajima, Tsunenori ^a   Takanashi, Hirokazu ^a   Ohki, Akira ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Determination; Mercury in ash and soil; Oxygen flask combustion

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; GRAPHITE; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; WASTE INCINERATION;

MICROWAVE-ACID DIGESTION (MW-AD); OXYGEN FLASK COMBUSTION; WASTE INCINERATION PLANTS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

COAL; GRAPHITE; MERCURY; OXYGEN; PERMANGANATE POTASSIUM;

FLUORESCENCE; GRAPHITE; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; SOIL SURVEYS; WASTE INCINERATION;

COAL; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COMBUSTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DETECTION METHOD; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FLY ASH; GRAPHITE; INCINERATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OXYGEN; PYROLYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ASH; COMBUSTION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; VAPOR;

CARBON; COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MERCURY; OXYGEN; PARTICULATE MATTER; POWER PLANTS; SOIL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 43049138064     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2007.10.029     Document Type: Article

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