Releases of phosphate fertilizer industry in the surrounding environment: Investigation on heavy metals and polonium-210 in soil

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1387-1397

  Aoun, M ^a   El Samrani, A G ^a,b   Lartiges, B S ^c   Kazpard, V ^b   Saad, Z ^b  

^a NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Lebanon)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Alpha spectrometry; Fertilizer industry; Heavy elements; Phosphogypsum; Polonium 210

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SPECTROMETRY; FERTILIZER INDUSTRY; HEAVY ELEMENTS; PHOSPHOGYPSUM; POLONIUM-210;

AGGLOMERATION; ALPHA PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; CHROMIUM; GYPSUM; INDUSTRY; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MAPPING; MAPS; PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS; POLONIUM; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOILS; SPECTROMETRY; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

FERTILIZER; HEAVY METAL; PHOSPHATE; POLONIUM;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FERTILIZER; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOSPHATE; POLONIUM ISOTOPE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METHODOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS, HEAVY; PHOSPHATES; POLONIUM; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

PHOSPHOGYPSUM;

EID: 77956556823     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(09)60247-3     Document Type: Article

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