The determination of trace element distributions in coals using sequential chemical leaching - A new approach to an old method

Fuel

Volumn 114, Issue , 2013, Pages 31-37

  Spears, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coal; Pyrite; Sequential leaching; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; LEACHING; PYRITES; SILICATES; TEMPERATURE;

ELEMENTS IN COALS; FURTHER TREATMENTS; LEACHING PROTOCOLS; LOW-TEMPERATURE OXIDATION; MODES OF OCCURRENCES; ORGANIC FRACTIONS; QUANTITATIVE EXTRACTION; TRACE ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 84874514646     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2012.09.028     Document Type: Article

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