An investigation into six coal fly ashes from the United Kingdom and Poland to evaluate rare earth element content

Fuel

Volumn 119, Issue , 2014, Pages 236-239

  Blissett, R S ^a   Smalley, N ^b   Rowson, N A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b RockTron International Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coal fly ash; Rare earth elements; Utilisation

Indexed keywords

COAL FLY ASH; CRITICAL RAW MATERIALS; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; INORGANIC CONTENT; NONMAGNETICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILISATION;

RARE EARTH ELEMENTS;

FLY ASH;

EID: 84890495890     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2013.11.053     Document Type: Article

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