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Technical Paper

Predicting Extents of Mercury Oxidation in Coal-Derived Flue Gases

Stephen Niksa Niksa Energy Associates, Belmont, CA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Naoki Fujiwara Coal Research Laboratory, Idemitsu Kosan Company, Ltd, Chiba, Japan
Pages 930-939 | Published online: 01 Mar 2012

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