Coal fly ash as a resource for rare earth elements

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 9464-9474

  Franus, Wojciech ^a   Wiatros Motyka, Małgorzata M ^b   Wdowin, Magdalena ^c  

^a LUBLIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c MINERAL AND ENERGY ECONOMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Coal fly ash utilisation; Rare earth elements

Indexed keywords

COAL; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ENERGY USE; EUROPEAN UNION; FLY ASH; POWER PLANT; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT;

POLAND;

FLY ASH; LANTHANIDE;

CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; EUROPEAN UNION; FLY ASH; POLAND;

COAL ASH; EUROPEAN UNION; METALS, RARE EARTH; POLAND; POWER PLANTS;

EID: 84931578412     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4111-9     Document Type: Article

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