Correlation between calcium carbonate content and emission characteristics of incense.(TECHNICAL PAPER)

From: Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association | Date: December 1, 2006| Author: Yang, Chi-Ru; Lin, Ta-Chang; Chang, Feng-Hsiang | Copyright information

ABSTRACT

In Taiwan and China, calcium carbonate is commonly added as a filler during incense production to lower the cost. This study has found an unexpected benefit for this practice: it reduces particulate emission. Nine types of the popular incense on the local market were chosen for this study. The calcium content in raw material incense was analyzed by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry, followed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectroscopy. The corr...

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