Platinum-group elements in sewage sludge and incinerator ash in the United Kingdom: Assessment of PGE sources and mobility in cities

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1276-1285

  Jackson, M T ^a   Prichard, H M ^a   Sampson, J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automobile emission; Industrial emission; Palladium; Platinum; Rhodium; Urban

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE EMISSION; BIRMINGHAM; COMMON PROCESS; DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; INCINERATOR ASH; INDUSTRIAL SOURCES; MARKET PRICE; PALLADIUM-PLATINUM; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS; ROAD DUSTS; SHEFFIELD; UNITED KINGDOM;

CATALYTIC CONVERTERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DRAINAGE; DUST; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; IRIDIUM; OSMIUM; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; REFUSE INCINERATORS; RHODIUM; ROADS AND STREETS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTE INCINERATION;

SEWAGE TREATMENT;

PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; PLATINUM DERIVATIVE; RHODIUM;

ASH; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSION; DUST; ELEMENT MOBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EXHAUST EMISSION; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RHODIUM; SEWAGE; SLUDGE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; EXHAUST GAS; INCINERATION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; UNITED KINGDOM;

DRAINAGE, SANITARY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREAT BRITAIN; INCINERATION; IRIDIUM; KINETICS; OSMIUM; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; RHODIUM; RUTHENIUM; SEWAGE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 74449083245     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.09.014     Document Type: Article

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