Contaminants in waste foundry sand and its leachate

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 425-443

  Deng, An ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Contaminant; Dry weight; Environmental characteristics; Leachate; Leaching; Mean; Median; Metallic; Non metallic; Organic; Toxicity; Waste foundry sand; WFS

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOUNDRIES; IMPURITIES; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISPOSAL; LEACHING; METALS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; TOXICITY;

DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTIC; LEACHATES; MEAN; MEDIAN; METALLIC; NON-METALLIC; ORGANIC; WASTE FOUNDRY SANDS;

FOUNDRY SAND;

ALUMINUM; COPPER; IRON; METAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; STEEL;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LABORATORY METHOD; LEACHATE; LEACHING; TOXICITY TEST; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; DRY WEIGHT; FOUNDRY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LEACHING; PH MEASUREMENT; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68549115629     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2009.027274     Document Type: Article

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