Implementation of an MgO-based metal removal step in the passive treatment system of Shilbottle, UK: Column experiments

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 181, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 923-930

  Caraballo, Manuel A ^a   Rötting, Tobias S ^b   Silva, Verónica ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dispersed Alkaline Substrate; Divalent metals removal; MgO rich reagent; Passive remediation

Indexed keywords

COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; DIVALENT METALS; DIVALENT METALS REMOVAL; DOLOMITIC LIME; FLOWING WATERS; INFLOW WATERS; LABORATORY COLUMNS; METAL REMOVAL; MGO-RICH REAGENT; MINING DISTRICT; PASSIVE REMEDIATION; PASSIVE TREATMENT; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; REACTIVE MATERIALS; WATER CONCENTRATIONS; WOOD SHAVINGS;

ALUMINUM; DUST; ELECTRONIC WARFARE; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); PASSIVATION; POLLUTION; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

WATER RECYCLING;

ALUMINUM; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; WATER; MANGANESE; METAL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACIDITY; ALUMINUM; DOLOMITE; DUST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIME; MAGNESIUM; OXIDE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PREFERENTIAL FLOW; SULFIDE; WOOD;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CAUSTIC MAGNESIA PRECIPITATOR DUST; DOLOMITIC LIME PRECIPITATOR DUST; DUST; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; MINING; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PRECIPITATION; PROCEDURES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALUMINUM; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GREAT BRITAIN; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; MANGANESE; METALS; MINING; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 77954542202     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.05.100     Document Type: Article

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