On the Effect of the Coal Ash Pre-treatment as a Mean to Improve their Sorptive Behaviour toward Heavy Metals in Wastewaters

The use of raw coal combustion ash (CCA) and of suitable pre-treatments to enhance its adsorption capacity towards specific pollutants (namely cadmium and arsenic) were considered in this work. Pre- treatments included mechanical sieving, acidification, demineralization and gasification (either with...

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Main Authors: M. Balsamo, F. Di Natale, A. Erto, F. Montagnaro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIDIC Servizi S.r.l. 2013-06-01
Series:Chemical Engineering Transactions
Online Access:https://www.cetjournal.it/index.php/cet/article/view/6449