Investigations on phosphorus recovery and reuse as soil amendment from electric arc furnace slag filters

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1476-1483

  Bird, Simon C ^a   Drizo, Aleksandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy effluent; Medicago sativa; Phosphorus; Rain simulation; Steel slag filters

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; APPLICATION LEVEL; AS-SOILS; DAIRY EFFLUENTS; ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE; ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE SLAGS; FILTER MATERIALS; HIGH RATE; LEACHATES; MEDICAGO; NON-POINT SOURCE; PHOSPHORUS RECOVERY; PLANT AVAILABILITY; SAND MEDIA; SATURATION POINT; SLOW RELEASE; SOIL AMENDMENT; STEEL SLAG; SURFACE RUNOFFS; TRIPLE SUPER PHOSPHATES;

BIOMASS; DESORPTION; ELECTRIC FURNACE PROCESS; FORESTRY; FURNACES; HARVESTING; MATERIALS; PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; RUNOFF; SLAGS; SOILS; SURFACES;

ELECTRIC FURNACES;

FERTILIZER; PHOSPHORUS;

AGRICULTURE; ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; FILTRATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METALLURGY; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTION; SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; FERTILIZERS; FILTRATION; MEDICAGO SATIVA; METALLURGY; PHOSPHORUS; QUEBEC; SOIL; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 77952566015     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934520903217922     Document Type: Article

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