Articles | Volume 45
https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-45-259-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-45-259-2018
05 Sep 2018
 | 05 Sep 2018

Distribution of minor metallic elements within waste incineration bottom ashes defined by WDX/EDX spectrometry

Piotr R. Kowalski, Monika Kasina, and Marek Michalik

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This study focus on minor metallic elements distribution in waste incineration bottom ashes (BAs) using chemical microanalysis methods to study the BAs resource potential. BAs contained from 8.8 wt % to 23.1 wt % of metallic elements concentrated mostly in metallic fragments and metallic inclusions (usually composed of more than one metal). Their recovery might be possible, however, due to physical properties of metallic components, advanced methods of BAs processing need to be applied.