Utilization of fly ash to improve the quality of the acid mine drainage generated by oxidation of a sulphide-rich mining waste: Column experiments

Chemosphere

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1637-1646

  Pérez López, Rafael ^a   Nieto, José Miguel ^a   de Almodóvar, Gabriel Ruiz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Ferric hydroxide coatings; Microencapsulation; Neutralization; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DRAINAGE; FLY ASH; OXIDATION; WATER QUALITY;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE (AMD); FERRIC HYDROXIDE COATINGS; MICROENCAPSULATION; NEUTRALIZATION;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

IRON; METAL; PYRITE; SULFATE;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DRAINAGE; FLY ASH; OXIDATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER QUALITY;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLY ASH; LEACHING; METAL; MINE WASTE; NEUTRALIZATION; OXIDATION; PH; PYRITE; SULFATE; SULFIDE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; DISSOLUTION; FLY ASH; LEACHING; MINING; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION; SLUDGE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33847115660     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.10.009     Document Type: Article

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