Arsenic stabilization in mine tailings using nano-sized magnetite and zero valent iron with the enhancement of mobility by surface coating

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 113, Issue , 2012, Pages 124-129

  Kim, Ki Rak ^a   Lee, Byung Tae ^a   Kim, Kyoung Woong ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Magnetite; Mine tailings; Stabilization; Surface coating; Zero valent iron

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC ADSORPTION; ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; BET SURFACE AREA; COLUMN TEST; FRACTION BOUND; HYDROUS OXIDES; IMMOBILIZATION EFFICIENCY; IRON PARTICLES; MINE TAILINGS; NANO-SIZED; PARTICLE MOBILITY; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; SIZE CONTROL; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SURFACE COATING; SURFACE COATINGS; XRD; ZERO-VALENT IRON;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM; ANIONIC SURFACTANTS; ARSENIC; COATINGS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; IRON; MAGNETITE; SODIUM; SODIUM SULFATE; SOIL TESTING; STABILIZATION; TAILINGS;

IRON OXIDES;

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; COATING; EXTRACTION METHOD; IMMOBILIZATION; IRON; MAGNETITE; MINE WASTE; MOBILITY; SOIL POLLUTION; STABILIZATION; SURFACE AREA; TAILINGS;

EID: 84856221121     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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