Geochemical modelling of arsenic and selenium leaching in alkaline water treatment sludge from the production of non-ferrous metals

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 159, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 271-279

  Cornelis, Geert ^a   Poppe, Sofie ^b   Van Gerven, Tom ^a   Van den Broeck, Eric ^c   Ceulemans, Michiel ^c   Vandecasteele, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b TOTAL   (France)

^c UMICORE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Arsenic; Leaching; Modelling; Precipitation; Selenium; Solid solution

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; ADSORPTION; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CALCIUM; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); LEACHING; SELENIUM; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLID SOLUTIONS; SULFURIC ACID; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

ALKALINE WATERS; DATA SETS; FERROUS METALS; LIME TREATMENT; MODELLING; OXY ANIONS; PH-DEPENDENT; PRECIPITATION; SE SPECIATION; SEM/EDX; SOLID SOLUTION; SPECIATION ANALYSIS; SULPHURIC ACID;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; CALCIUM; SELENATE; SELENITE; SELENIUM;

ADSORPTION; ALKALINE WATER; ARSENATE; ARSENIC; ARSENITE; DATA SET; GEOCHEMISTRY; LEACHING; MODELING; PH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SELENIUM; SLUDGE; SOLID SOLUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); WATER TREATMENT; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARTICLE; GEOCHEMISTRY; LEACHING; PH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SLUDGE; WATER TREATMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADSORPTION; ARSENICALS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALLURGY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SEWAGE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 53149153580     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.02.016     Document Type: Article

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