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http://dx.doi.org/10.9727/jmsk.2015.28.2.147

Rare Metal Chemistry, Microstructures, and Mineralogy of Coal Ash from Thermal Power Plants of Korea  

Jeong, Gi Young (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Andong National University)
Kim, Seok-Hwi (Institute for Advanced Engineering)
Kim, Kangjoo (Department of Environmental Engineering, Kunsan National University)
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Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea / v.28, no.2, 2015 , pp. 147-163 More about this Journal
Abstract
Chemical and mineralogical properties of coal ash samples from the nine thermal power plants of Korea were investigated to acquire basic data for estimating the potential of rare metal recovery. Chemical compositions of coal ash were consistent with those of average shale and foreign coal ashes. However, there were small differences between the metal contents of domestic anthracitic and imported bituminous coal ashes. Unburned coal particles were much abundant in the ash of domestic anthracitic coal. Chalcophile elements were relatively enriched in the fly ash compared to bottom ash. Silicate glass was the major component of coal ash with minor minerals such as quartz, illite (muscovite), mullite, magnetite, lime, and anhydrite. Al and Si were the major components of the glass with varying contents of Ca, Fe, K, and Mg. Glass occurred in a form of porous sphere and irregular pumace-like grain often fused with iron oxide spheres or other glass grains. Iron oxide spheres were fine intergrowth of fast-grown iron oxide crystals in the matrix of silicate glass. Chemical, microstructural, and mineralogical properties would guide successful rare metal recovery from coal ash.
Keywords
coal ash; fly ash; rare metal recovery; chemistry; microstructure; mineralogy;
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