The pH-dependent leaching of inorganic contaminants from secondary lead smelter fly ash

The leaching behaviour of fly ash (FA) from a secondary Pb smelter was assessed using the pH-static leaching experiment according to prEN 14997 (pH range 3–11) coupled with mineralogical investigation of the leached FA by XRD and Rietveld analyses and thermodynamic modelling using PHREEQC-2. The pro...

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Published in:Journal of hazardous materials 2009-08, Vol.167 (1), p.427-433
Main Authors: Vítková, Martina, Ettler, Vojtěch, Šebek, Ondřej, Mihaljevič, Martin, Grygar, Tomáš, Rohovec, Jan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Carbon - chemistry
Chemical engineering
Coal Ash
Crystallization, leaching, miscellaneous separations
Decontamination - methods
Exact sciences and technology
Fly ash
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Industrial Waste
Lead - isolation & purification
Metallurgy
Particulate Matter - chemistry
Pb smelter
pH-static leaching
Phase transformation
Pollution
Sulfides
Thermodynamics
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Summary:The leaching behaviour of fly ash (FA) from a secondary Pb smelter was assessed using the pH-static leaching experiment according to prEN 14997 (pH range 3–11) coupled with mineralogical investigation of the leached FA by XRD and Rietveld analyses and thermodynamic modelling using PHREEQC-2. The procedure was performed on fresh FA and FA washed at a cumulative L/S ratio of 60 l/kg to remove readily soluble salts. For both fresh and washed FA, high amounts of inorganic contaminants were released under acidic conditions, exhibiting L-shaped leaching patterns: up to 300 g Pb/kg, 4.5 g Cd/kg, 4 g Zn/kg, 1.05 g As/kg and 70 mg Sb/kg. The washing of soluble salts significantly decreased the leachability of Cd, Zn, As and Sb and increased the release of Pb, especially under acidic conditions. The leaching of fresh FA removed part of primary caracolite and all the KPb 2Cl 5 and NaCl. The Pb release was controlled by the precipitation of anglesite and PbSO 3 under acidic conditions and of laurionite and carbonates (hydrocerussite and phosgenite) under alkaline conditions. In contrast, the washed FA was composed mainly of anglesite and PbSO 3, both phases being the main solubility-controlling phases for Pb over the whole studied pH range.
ISSN:0304-3894
1873-3336
DOI:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.12.136