Arsenic release from a natural rock under near-natural oxidizing conditions

Engineering in Life Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 622-630

  Noubactep, C ^a   Chen Braucher, D ^a,b   Schlothauser, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^c TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbonate; Native arsenic; Solubilization

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC RELEASE; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; CARBONATE COMPLEXES; CARBONATE CONCENTRATIONS; CARBONATE IONS; DOLOMITE DISSOLUTIONS; EXPECTED EFFECTS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES; IN-SITU; IRON HYDROXIDES; LEACHING TESTS; METALLIC IRONS; MINERAL WATERS; MINING WASTES; NATIVE ARSENIC; NATURAL ROCKS; NATURAL SURFACES; ORE MATERIALS; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXIDATIVE DISSOLUTIONS; OXIDIZING CONDITIONS; PH RANGES; SOLUBILIZATION;

ARSENIC; BEVERAGES; CARBONATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEIONIZED WATER; DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTS; LEACHING; ORES; PARTICLE SIZE; PH EFFECTS; PYRITES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOLUBILITY; WATER;

NONMETALS;

ARSENIC; CARBONATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IRON HYDROXIDE; OXIC CONDITIONS; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLUBILIZATION;

EID: 60849093751     PISSN: 16180240     EISSN: 16182863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.200800016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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