Potential volatility of trace metals in oil shales

✍ Scribed by Moshe Shirav (Schwartz); Yoram Zimmels; Ludwik Halicz; Hanna Eldad

• Book ID: 103095000
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1987
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 416 KB
• Volume: 66
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0016-2361
• DOI: 10.1016/0016-2361(87)90256-0

✦ Synopsis

Potential massive volatilization of trace metals from oil shales with a clay matrix is predicted on the basis of preliminary laboratory ashing tests. The role of carbonate matrix in suppressing volatilization intensity is demonstrated and some environmental implications are discussed.