A statistical model to relate pyrite oxidation and oxygen transport within a coal waste pile: Case study, Alborz Sharghi, northeast of Iran

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 4693-4702

  Jodeiri Shokri, Behshad ^a   Ramazi, Hamidreza ^a   Doulati Ardejani, Faramarz ^b   Moradzadeh, Ali ^b  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Coal waste pile; Fraction of pyrite remaining; Mole fraction of oxygen; Statistical model

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; PYRITES; STATISTICS;

COAL WASTES; FRACTION OF PYRITE REMAINING; MOLE FRACTION; OXYGEN MOLE-FRACTION; QUADRATIC POLYNOMIAL; SECOND-ORDER POLYNOMIAL; STATISTICAL MODELING; STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP;

PILES;

COAL MINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIFFUSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PORE SPACE; PYRITE; SPOIL HEAP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

IRAN;

EID: 84899908085     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2859-0     Document Type: Article

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