Environmental impact of toxic elements in red mud studied by fractionation and speciation procedures

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 426, Issue , 2012, Pages 359-365

  Milačič, Radmila ^a   Zuliani, Tea ^a   Ščančar, Janez ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Ajka ecological accident; Aluminum; Chromium(VI); Red mud; Sequential extraction procedure; Speciation analysis

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE EXTRACTION; ALUMINUM METAL; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT; CONTAINMENT STRUCTURES; CONTAMINATED SITES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; HUNGARY; INSOLUBLE RESIDUE; MAJOR ACCIDENTS; RED MUD; REMEDIAL ACTIONS; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION PROCEDURE; SLOVENIA; SPECIATION ANALYSIS; TOXIC ELEMENTS; TRACE AMOUNTS; WATER SOLUBLE FRACTION;

ACCIDENTS; ALKALINITY; ALUMINA; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PH; POSITIVE IONS; WATER SUPPLY;

ALUMINUM;

ALUMINUM; CHROMIUM;

ALKALINITY; ALUMINUM; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BAUXITE; CHROMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FRACTIONATION; MUD; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ALKALINITY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FRACTIONATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED MUD; SLOVENIA; SOLID WASTE; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SOLUBILITY; SPECIATION ANALYSIS;

ALUMINUM; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CHROMIUM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUNGARY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLOVENIA; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

AJKA; HUNGARY; SLOVENIA; VESZPREM;

EID: 84860682359     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.03.080     Document Type: Article

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