Material and structural characterization of alkali activated low-calcium brown coal fly ash

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 168, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 711-720

  Škvára, František ^a   Kopecký, Lubomír ^b   Šmilauer, Vít ^b   Bittnar, Zdeněk ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Alkali activation; Fly ash; Geopolymer; Heavy metal immobilization; Inorganic polymer; Microstructure

Indexed keywords

ALKALI ACTIVATED; ALKALI ACTIVATION; ALKALINE ACTIVATION; BROWN COAL; CRYSTALLINE PHASIS; DEGREE OF POLYMERIZATION; DISTRIBUTION OF ELEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS; FTIR; GEOPOLYMER; GEOPOLYMER MATRIX; GEOPOLYMERIZATION; HEAVY METAL IMMOBILIZATION; HIGH-CONTENT; INTERNAL POROSITY; MICRO-CALORIMETRY; NMR SPECTRUM; NMR-MAS; RAW FLY ASHES; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; XRD;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CHROMIUM; COAL ASH; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DRYING; FLY ASH; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HEAVY METALS; LEACHING; LIGNITE; METALS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MULLITE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDE MINERALS; PLASMA WAVES; QUARTZ; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SODIUM; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ZINC;

INORGANIC POLYMERS;

ALKALINE EARTH METAL; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM SILICATE; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LIGNITE; POLYMER; SILICON; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CALORIMETRY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FLY ASH; HEAVY METAL; IMMOBILIZATION; LEACHING; LIGNITE; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLYMER; POLYMERIZATION; PORCELLANITE; QUARTZ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLY ASH; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LEACHING; MICROCALORIMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYMERIZATION; POROSITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALKALIES; CALCIUM; CALORIMETRY; CARBON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 67649957745     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.02.089     Document Type: Article

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