Mercury reduction studies to facilitate the thermal decontamination of phosphor powder residues from spent fluorescent lamps

Waste Management

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2311-2319

  Durão Jr , Walter Alves ^a   de Castro, Camila Andreva ^a   Windmöller, Cláudia Carvalhinho ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT LAMPS; PHOSPHORS; SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE; SPECTROMETERS;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETERS; COLD-VAPOR ATOMIC ABSORPTIONS; HEATING TEMPERATURES; MERCURY REDUCTION; PHOSPHOR POWDERS; SPENT FLUORESCENT LAMPS; THERMAL DECONTAMINATION; TREATMENT CONDITIONS;

REDUCING AGENTS;

CITRIC ACID; MERCURY; PHOSPHORUS; SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CITRIC ACID; DESORPTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION CONTROL; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; REDUCTION;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DESORPTION; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; HEATING; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROMETER; TEMPERATURE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 50249099812     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2007.10.011     Document Type: Article

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