Elemental modes of occurrence in an Illinois #6 coal and fractions prepared by physical separation techniques at a coal preparation plant

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-76

  Huggins, F E ^a   Seidu, L B A ^a   Shah, N ^a   Huffman, G P ^a   Honaker, R Q ^a   Kyger, J R ^b   Higgins, B L ^b   Robertson, J D ^b   Pal, S ^c   Seehra, M S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal cleaning; Illite; Modes of occurrence; Organic association; Pyrite; Trace elements; XAFS spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

COAL CLEANING; ILLITE; MODES OF OCCURRENCE; ORGANIC ASSOCIATION; PYRITE; XAFS SPECTROSCOPY;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; ARSENIC; CALCITE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CARBONATE MINERALS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CHROMIUM; CLAY MINERALS; COAL; COAL PREPARATION; GERMANIUM; GYPSUM; HEAVY MEDIA SEPARATION; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MOLYBDENUM; POTASSIUM; PYRITES; SEPARATION; SILICA; SULFIDE MINERALS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

COAL INDUSTRY;

COAL PRODUCTION; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; ESTIMATION METHOD; ILLITE; MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; PYRITE; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 59649092758     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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