Petrology, mineralogy, and chemistry of size-fractioned fly ash from the Jungar power plant, Inner Mongolia, China, with emphasis on the distribution of rare earth elements

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1502-1514

  Dai, Shifeng ^a   Zhao, Lei ^a   Hower, James C ^b   Johnston, Michelle N ^b   Song, Weijiao ^a   Wang, Peipei ^a   Zhang, Songfeng ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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EID: 84894593318     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef402184t     Document Type: Article

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