Coal fly ash-slag-based geopolymers: Microstructure and metal leaching

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 561-566

  Izquierdo, Maria ^a   Querol, Xavier ^a   Davidovits, Joseph ^b   Antenucci, Diano ^c   Nugteren, Henk ^d   Fernández Pereira, Constantino ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b Cordi Géopolymère ^*  (France)

^c Institut Scientifique de Service Public ISSeP   (Belgium)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fly ash; Geopolymers; Leaching; Trace pollutants

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ENVIRONMENTS; COAL FLY ASHES; CURING CONDITIONS; GEOPOLYMER; GEOPOLYMER MATRIXES; GEOPOLYMERIC MATRICES; GEOPOLYMERIZATION; GEOPOLYMERS; METAL LEACHING; OPTIMAL DOSAGES; STARTING MATERIALS; TRACE POLLUTANTS;

CHROMIUM; COAL ASH; FLY ASH; LEACHING; LEAD; MOLYBDENUM; NIOBIUM; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SLAGS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TIN; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZIRCONIUM;

INORGANIC POLYMERS;

BERYLLIUM; BISMUTH; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COAL; COBALT; COPPER; LANTHANIDE; LEAD; METAL OXIDE; NICKEL; NIOBIUM; POLYMER; THORIUM; TIN; URANIUM; YTTRIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

ANION; ENCAPSULATION; FLY ASH; HEAVY METAL; LEACHING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLYMER; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FLY ASH; LEACHING; POLLUTANT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

ADSORPTION; CARBON; COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; METALS, HEAVY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYMERS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 67349284074     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.11.063     Document Type: Article

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