Notes on the potential for the concentration of rare earth elements and yttrium in coal combustion fly ash

Minerals

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 356-366

  Hower, James C ^a   Groppo, John G ^a   Henke, Kevin R ^a   Hood, Madison M ^a   Eble, Cortland F ^b   Honaker, Rick Q ^c   Zhang, Wencai ^c   Qian, Dali ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal; Critical materials; Fly ash; Lanthanides; Power plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937560813     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2075163X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/min5020356     Document Type: Article

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