Rare earth elements in fly ashes created during the coal burning process in certain coal-fired power plants operating in Poland - Upper Silesian Industrial Region

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 965-968

  Smolka Danielowska, Danuta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Coal; Combustion; Fly ash; Rare earth elements

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; ASH PARTICLES; COAL-BURNING; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COMBUSTION GAS; GRANULOMETRIC ANALYSIS; HARD COAL; INSTRUMENTAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; MINERAL PHASIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SOIL ELEMENT; SOUTHERN POLAND;

BITUMINOUS COAL; CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; COAL ASH; COAL DUST; COAL FUELED FURNACES; COAL INDUSTRY; EXTRACTION; FLY ASH; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; GADOLINIUM; GAMMA RAYS; GAS PLANTS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; RARE EARTHS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COAL COMBUSTION;

CERIUM; COAL; GADOLINIUM; LANTHANIDE; LANTHANUM; NEODYMIUM; POTASSIUM 40; RADIUM 226; SAMARIUM; THORIUM; THORIUM 232; URANIUM; URANIUM 235; URANIUM 238; YTTRIUM;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BITUMINOUS COAL; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; FLY ASH; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; GRANULOMETRY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANALYZER; ARTICLE; COAL POWER; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; FLY ASH; FURNACE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GAS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PENNSYLVANIAN (EPOCH); POLAND; RADIOACTIVITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CARBON; COAL; METALS, RARE EARTH; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLAND; POWER PLANTS; RADIATION MONITORING; VOLATILIZATION;

POLAND;

EID: 77956284595     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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