Total and size fractionated concentrations of metals in combustion ash from forest residues and peat

Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 247-254

  Pöykiö, Risto ^c   Nurmesniemi, Hannu ^a   Keiski, Riitta L ^b  

^a Stora Enso   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c City of Kemi   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ash; Environmental research; Fluidized bed boiler; Forest industry; Heavy metals; Particle size distribution; Waste

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649111709     PISSN: 17366046     EISSN: 17367530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3176/proc.2009.4.06     Document Type: Article

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