Environmental benefits of using magnesium carbonate minerals as new wildfire retardants instead of commercially available, phosphate-based compounds

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 391-399

  Liodakis, S ^a   Tsoukala, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Analytical techniques; Diammonium phosphate; Huntite; Hydromagnesite; Mineralogy and leaching of ash; Pinus halepensis ash

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FLAME RETARDANT; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM CARBONATE; METAL; MINERAL; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORIC ACID;

AMMONIUM COMPOUND; ANALYTICAL METHOD; ASH; CARBONATE GROUP; LEACHING; MAGNESIUM; MINERALOGY; PHOSPHATE; WILDFIRE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRE; FLY ASH; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PH; PINE; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOLUBILITY; WATER POLLUTANT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRES; FLAME RETARDANTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MAGNESIUM; METALS; MINERALS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORIC ACIDS; PINUS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOLUBILITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 77956773635     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-009-9283-0     Document Type: Article

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