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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 408, Issue 23, Pages 6032-6041Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.08.046
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Douro Coalfield; Coal mining wastes; Trace elements; Combustion; Condensation; Human health
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- Catarinense Institute of Environmental Research and Human Development (IPADHC)
- Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal [SFRH/BD/31740/2006]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BD/31740/2006] Funding Source: FCT
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A range of carbon nanoparticles, agglomerates and mineral phases have been identified in burning coal waste pile materials from the Douro Coalfield of Portugal, as a basis for identifying their potential environmental and human health impacts The fragile nature and fine particle size of these materials required novel characterization methods, including energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDS), field-emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM), and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM) techniques The chemical composition and possible correlations with morphology of the nanominerals and associated ultra-fine particles have been evaluated in the context of human health exposure, as well as in relation to management of such components in coal-fire environments (C) 2010 Elsevier B V All rights reserved
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