Surface Predominance of Trace Elements in Airborne Particles
- 27 February 1976
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 191 (4229), 852-854
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1251197
Abstract
A number of minor and trace elements including Be, C, Ca, Cr, K, Li, Mn, Na, P, Pb, S, Tl, V, and Zn present in coal fly ash are found to be preferentially concentrated on the particle surfaces. Environmentally effective concentrations of these elements are thus much higher than indicated by conventional bulk analyses.Keywords
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