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The output of a municipal incinerator consists basically of three components: atmospheric emissions, aqueous effluents, and solid residues. Of primary environmental concern are the atmospheric and aqueous emissions. A thorough study of the Alexandria, Va., incinerator effluents has been undertaken with many basic analytical skills being required in the process. The following discussion will be concerned principally with sampling, sample preparation, analytical methods, and data treatment, leaving the discussion of actual results for subsequent publications.
This research forms a part of dissertations to be submitted to the Graduate School, University of Maryland, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Ph.D. in chemistry.
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Law, S.L., Greenberg, R.R. (1976). Characterization of Municipal Incinerator Effluents. In: Simmons, I.L., Ewing, G.W. (eds) Progress in Analytical Chemistry. Progress in Analytical Chemistry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3324-1_5
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