Characterisation and management of ash produced in the hospital waste incinerator of Athens, Greece

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 187, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 421-432

  Kougemitrou, Irene ^a   Godelitsas, Athanasios ^b   Tsabaris, Christos ^c   Stathopoulos, Vassilis ^d   Papandreou, Andreas ^e   Gamaletsos, Platon ^b   Economou, George ^f   Papadopoulos, Dimitris ^g  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c Hellenic Center of Marine Research   (Greece)

^d HALKIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^e Ceramics and Refractories Technological Development Company   (Greece)

^f INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL EXPLORATION   (Greece)

^g APOTEFROTIRAS SA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bottom ash Glass; Fly ash; Hospital waste; Incineration; Waste management

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS MEDIA; ASH SAMPLES; ATHENS , GREECE; BASALTIC GLASS; BOTTOM ASH GLASS; BULK ANALYSIS; CHARACTERISATION; CRYSTALLINE COMPOUNDS; GAMMA-RAY MEASUREMENT; HAZARDOUS ELEMENTS; HIGH-CONTENT; HOSPITAL WASTE; HOSPITAL WASTES; LEACHABILITY; LEACHING TEST; MEDICAL WASTES; NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL RADIONUCLIDES; POZZOLANIC CEMENTS; SEM-EDS; STABILISATION; TYPE TESTS; XRD;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ASH HANDLING; ASHES; BRIQUETS; CESIUM; FLY ASH; GAMMA RAYS; GLASS; HOSPITALS; LEACHING; LEAD; POWDER METALS; REFUSE INCINERATORS; WASTE TREATMENT; ZINC;

WASTE INCINERATION;

CESIUM 137; CHROMIUM; COBALT 57; COPPER; GLASS; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; ZINC;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BOTTOM ASH; CEMENT; CRYSTALLINITY; FLY ASH; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GLASS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEAVY METAL; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INCINERATION; LEACHING; WASTE MANAGEMENT; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARTICLE; ASH; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CRYSTAL; DEVICE; GAMMA RADIATION; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GREECE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HOSPITAL WASTE; HOSPITAL WASTE INCINERATOR; INCINERATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POWDER DIFFRACTION; RADIOACTIVITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GREECE; INCINERATION; MAINTENANCE AND ENGINEERING, HOSPITAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; GREECE;

EID: 79951854570     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.01.045     Document Type: Article

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