Geochemistry of ultra-fine and nano-compounds in coal gasification ashes: A synoptic view

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 456-457, Issue , 2013, Pages 95-103

  Kronbauer, Marcio A ^a,c   Izquierdo, Maria ^b   Dai, Shifeng ^d   Waanders, Frans B ^e   Wagner, Nicola J ^f   Mastalerz, Maria ^g   Hower, James C ^h   Oliveira, Marcos L S ⁱ   Taffarel, Silvio R ^a   Bizani, Delmar ^a   Silva, Luis F O ^a,i  

^a Mestrado em Avaliacao de Impactos Ambientais em Mineracao Victor Barreto   (Brazil)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^g INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

ⁱ IPADHC   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ash; Coal; Hazardous elements; IGCC; Nanoparticle morphology

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; GASIFICATION PRODUCTS; HAZARDOUS ELEMENTS; IGCC; IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING; MACERAL COMPOSITION; NANOPARTICLE MORPHOLOGY; POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS ELEMENTS;

ASHES; BITUMINOUS COAL; CALCIUM CARBONATE; COAL; COAL ASH; COAL COMBUSTION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAMS; MINERALOGY; NANOPARTICLES; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS;

COAL GASIFICATION;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ALUMINUM SILICATE; ANISOTROPIC CARBON; ANORTHITE; ARSENIC; BORON; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM SULFATE; CARBON; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; COAL; COBALT; DOLOMITE; FEED COAL; GLASS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; INERTINITE COAL; MERCURY; NANOMATERIAL; NICKEL; SILICON DIOXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAFINE COMPOUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANADIUM;

ASH; BITUMINOUS COAL; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; PETROLOGY;

ARTICLE; ASH; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COAL GASIFICATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROMETRY; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MINERALOGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; OXIDATION; PETROLOGY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SELECTED AREA ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER TRANSPORT; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84876445596     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.02.066     Document Type: Article

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