Metal release and speciation changes during wet aging of coal fly ashes

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 11804-11812

  Catalano, Jeffrey G ^a   Huhmann, Brittany L ^a   Luo, Yun ^a   Mitnick, Elizabeth H ^a   Slavney, Adam ^a   Giammar, Daniel E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC SYSTEM; ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; CALCITE PRECIPITATION; CLASS-F; COAL FLY ASH; CR CONCENTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS; FLUID COMPOSITION; HEAVY METAL CONTENTS; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL CONTENT; METAL RELEASE; METAL SPECIATION; PRECIPITATION PROCESS; REGULATORY LIMIT; SECONDARY PHASIS; SOLID-PHASE; SOLID-PHASE SPECIATION; SOLID-PHASE TRANSFORMATION; WET AGING;

ADSORPTION; ALKALINITY; ARSENIC; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHROMATES; FLY ASH; HEAVY METALS; IRON OXIDES; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; ZINC;

CHROMIUM;

ARSENIC; BARIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHROMIC ACID; CHROMIUM; COAL; COPPER; IRON OXIDE; METAL; SELENIUM; WATER; ZINC;

ALKALINIZATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FLY ASH; METAL; OXIDATION; PH; PHASE TRANSITION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ACIDIFICATION; ADSORPTION; AGING; ALKALINITY; ALKALINIZATION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; FLY ASH; METAL EXTRACTION; OXIDATION KINETICS; PH MEASUREMENT; PRECIPITATION; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SOLUBILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; WAARDENBURG SYNDROME;

ARSENIC; COAL ASH; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS, HEAVY; POWER PLANTS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84868582398     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es302807b     Document Type: Article

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