Abstract
Fly ash has been regarded as hazardous because of its high adsorption of toxic organic and/or inorganic pollutants. Fly ash is also known to have broad distributions of different chemical and physical properties, such as size and density. In this study, fly ash emitted from a solid waste incinerator was pre-fractionated into six sub-populations by use of gravitational SPLITT fractionation (GSF). The GSF fractions were then analyzed by sedimentation field-flow fractionation (SdFFF) and ICP-AES. SdFFF analysis showed the fly ash has a broad size distribution ranging from a few nanometers up to about 50 μm. SdFFF results were confirmed by electron microscopy. Inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES) analysis of the GSF fractions showed the fly-ash particles contain a variety of inorganic elements including Ca, Si, Mg, Fe, and Pb. The most abundant in fly ash was Ca, followed by Si then Mg. No correlations were found between trace element concentration and particle size.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 746-752 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry |
| Volume | 378 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2004 Feb |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Acknowledgements This work was supported by Grant 1999-2-124-001-5 of the Interdisciplinary Research Program, Korean Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF). The authors thank Dr Y.S. Chang, School of Environmental Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, for providing the fly ash samples.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Analytical Chemistry
- Biochemistry
