Mineral Matter and Trace Elements in Coal

• Main Author: Shifeng Dai (Ed.) (auth)
• Other Authors: Xibo Wang (Ed.) (auth), Lei Zhao (Ed.) (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2017
• Subjects: Geography; coal mineralogy; coal petrology; coal combustion products; coal geochemistry
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Minerals are very significant components of coal from both academic and practical perspectives. Minerals may react when the coal is burned, either forming an ash residue, or, in many cases, releasing volatile components, or being needed to be removed as slag from the blast furnace during metallurgic...