title: A comprehensive study on the contents and leaching of trace elements from fly-ash originating from Polish hard coal by NAA and AAS methods.
abstract: In order to assess the environmental risks associated with the emission of fly-ash into the atmosphere and its storage on waste heaps, the trace element contents of fly-ashes from burning Polish hard coal were determined by a newly developed INAA method. Leaching of trace elements from the fly-ash by water and H2SO4 solution (pH approximately 2.5) simulating acid rain, respectively, was studied using AAS and spectrophotometric methods. Analogous experiments were done with neutron-irradiated fly-ash, following the composition of the eluate gamma-spectrometrically. The new fine fly-ash (CTA-FFA-1) candidate reference material was prepared, and the certification was undertaken on the basis of an international intercomparison run. Preliminary evaluation of results shows that at least 38 elements will be certified and, in addition, the "information values" for at least 12 elements will be given.
authors.affiliation: Department of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Nuclear Chemistry, Technology, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dybczynski
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kulisa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Małusecka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mandecka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Polkowska-Motrenko
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sterlinski
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Szopa
mesh_terms: D003031:Coal / Q000032:analysis*; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D009501:Neutron Activation Analysis; D011044:Poland; D012015:Reference Standards; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000032:analysis* / Q000592:standards
chemical_list: D003031:Coal; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D014131:Trace Elements