A new method for the characterisation and quantitative speciation of base metal smelter stack particulates

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 177, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 165-192

  Skeaff, James M ^a   Thibault, Yves ^a   Hardy, David J ^a  

^a Natural Resources Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arsenates; Arsenic; Base metal smelters; Copper; Lead; Metal speciation; Stack particulates; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ARSENATES; BASE METALS; BULK CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHARACTERISATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; INNOVATIVE APPROACHES; LEACHING PROCEDURES; METAL SPECIATION; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOIL AND SEDIMENT; STACK PARTICULATES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ARSENIC; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; FORECASTING; LEACHING; METALS; MICROANALYSIS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ZINC;

SMELTING;

ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; COPPER SULFATE; WATER; ZINC SULFATE;

ARSENATE; ARSENIC; BASE METAL; COPPER; LEAD; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTITIONING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMELTING; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); ZINC;

ARTICLE; BASE METAL SMELTER STACH PARTICULATE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; POLLUTANT; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUBILITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEAD; METALLURGY; METALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC;

EID: 79959747616     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1627-9     Document Type: Article

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