Evaluating the concentrations of partitioned heavy metals in fly ash from a medium-sized (32 MW) municipal district heating plant with respect to the new Finnish limit values

International Journal of Environment and Waste Management

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 610-624

  Poykio, Risto ^a   Nurmesniemi, Hannu ^b   Riitta, Liisa ^c  

^a Finland's Environmental Administration   (Finland)

^b Stora Enso   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ash; Construction; Earthwork; Extraction; Fertiliser; Heavy metals; Peat; Wood

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ASHES; CONSTRUCTION; DISTRICT HEATING; EXTRACTION; FLY ASH; HEAVY METALS; PEAT; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL POLLUTION; WOOD;

DISTRICT-HEATING PLANTS; EARTH CONSTRUCTION; EARTHWORK; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; LIMIT VALUES; NORTHERN FINLAND; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL REMEDIATION;

FERTILIZERS;

EID: 57849133582     PISSN: 14789876     EISSN: 14789868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEWM.2008.021864     Document Type: Article

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