Experimental and numerical analysis of metal leaching from fly ash-amended highway bases

Waste Management

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 965-978

  Cetin, Bora ^a   Aydilek, Ahmet H ^a   Li, Lin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Jackson State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal combustion by products; Fly ash; Heavy metals; Highways; Leaching; Stabilization

Indexed keywords

ASH MIXTURES; COAL COMBUSTION BYPRODUCTS; COMPUTER MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; FIELD CONCENTRATIONS; FLY ASH CONTENT; HIGH-CARBON FLY ASHES; HIGHWAYS; KILN DUST; LABORATORY COLUMNS; LABORATORY TEST; LEACHING BEHAVIOR; LEACHING POTENTIAL; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL LEACHING; UNPAVED ROADS; VADOSE ZONE; WATER LEACH;

BARIUM; BORON; COAL COMBUSTION; COPPER; FLY ASH; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METALS; LEACHING; LIME; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STABILIZATION; ZINC;

SOIL POLLUTION;

BARIUM; BORON; CARBON; COPPER; GROUND WATER; METAL; ZINC;

BASE COURSE; COAL; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLY ASH; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEAVY METAL; LABORATORY METHOD; LEACHING; LIME; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL WATER; VADOSE ZONE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FLY ASH; HIGHWAY; IONIC STRENGTH; LEACHING; METAL RECOVERY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BARIUM; BORON; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; COAL ASH; COPPER; GROUNDWATER; METALS; OXIDES; TRANSPORTATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

EID: 84862826923     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2011.12.012     Document Type: Article

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