Variations in concentrations and compositions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in coals related to the coal rank and origin

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2690-2697

  Laumann, S ^a   Micic V ^a   Kruge, M A ^b   Achten, C ^c   Sachsenhofer, R F ^d   Schwarzbauer, J ^e   Hofmann, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^e RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coal origin; Coal rank; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

COAL BASINS; COAL PARTICLES; COAL RANK; COAL RANKS; COAL SAMPLE; MACERAL COMPOSITION; MACERALS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATICS; SAMPLE SETS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; COAL; HYDROCARBONS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

COAL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BITUMINOUS COAL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COAL RANK; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAH;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COAL MINING; COAL ORIGIN; COAL RANK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUEL AND FUEL RELATED PHENOMENA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PYROLYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC;

EID: 80052334020     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.05.032     Document Type: Article

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