Sandia National Laboratories: 'I'm Melting, Melting' -- Environmentally Hazardous Coal Waste Diminished by Citric Acid
October 26, 2021
October 26, 2021
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Oct. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2021:
In one of nature's unexpected bounties, a harmless food-grade solvent has been used to extract highly sought rare-earth metals from coal ash, reducing the amount of ash without damaging the environment and at the same time increasing an important national resource.
Coal ash is the unwanted but widely present resid . . .
In one of nature's unexpected bounties, a harmless food-grade solvent has been used to extract highly sought rare-earth metals from coal ash, reducing the amount of ash without damaging the environment and at the same time increasing an important national resource.
Coal ash is the unwanted but widely present resid . . .