Speciation of arsenic, chromium, and vanadium in red mud samples from the Ajka spill site, Hungary

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3085-3092

  Burke, Ian T ^a   Mayes, William M ^b   Peacock, Caroline L ^a   Brown, Andrew P ^a   Jarvis, Adam P ^c   Gruiz, Katalin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MOBILITY; EXAFS; HUNGARY; LEACHATES; OXIC CONDITIONS; PRE-EDGE FEATURES; PROCESSING RESIDUES; RED MUD; SURFACE COMPLEX; TEM ANALYSIS; XANES ANALYSIS; XANES SPECTRA;

ALKALINITY; ALUMINOSILICATES; ARSENIC; CATCHMENTS; CHROMIUM; IRON ORES; LEACHING; SORPTION; VANADIUM; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ALUMINUM;

ALUMINOSILICATE CALCIUM; ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; FERRIC OXIDE; VANADIUM;

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; MOBILITY; MUD; NEUTRALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; OXIC CONDITIONS; PH; RED SOIL; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); VANADIUM; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HUNGARY; OIL SPILL; PH; RED MUD; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUNGARY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VANADIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

AJKA; HUNGARY; VESZPREM;

EID: 84858682551     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3003475     Document Type: Article

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