Effect of drying treatment on the leachability of metallic elements from weathered solid mine wastes
- Authors
- Bang, Hyunwoo; Kim, Juhee; Kim, Kyungmin; Hyun, Seunghun
- Issue Date
- Jun-2020
- Publisher
- PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
- Keywords
- Abandoned mine; Mine leachate; Labile fraction; Metallic elements
- Citation
- CHEMOSPHERE, v.248
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- CHEMOSPHERE
- Volume
- 248
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/55483
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126111
- ISSN
- 0045-6535
- Abstract
- Leaching of toxic metallic elements (Cu, Zn, As, Cd, and Pb) from two solid mine wastes was characterized under different drying treatments. During 14 batch decant-refill leaching steps, samples were intermittently dried four times in 40 degrees C oven or -20 degrees C freezer. For all leachates, the pH, pE, Fe2+/Fe3+, and SO42- were analyzed. The parameters of the two-site model (k(fast), k(slow), and f(fast)) and labile fractions (F1 + F2) were determined. High levels of toxic metallic elements were determined in waste samples; however, their leaching was limited, as evidenced by the magnitudes of F1 + F2, f(fast), and k(slow). Leachate solutions were acidic, at pH 3-4, and oxic, at 150 mV < Eh 300 < mV, thus having negligible Fe2+. Leachate concentrations of toxic metallic elements increased (4-58%) after drying at 40 degrees C and were strongly correlated (r(2) = 0.780) with those of sulfate in liquid phase. The mass of element elution was in the order of 40 degrees C drying > -20 degrees C drying >= continuous wetting. Results indicate that the element leachability is increased through drying events and the leachate concentration is associated with the dissolution reaction of sulfur-bearing minerals. Frequent occurrence of prolonged droughts along with high temperatures over the mine waste disposal site, can enhance the leaching potential of toxic metallic elements. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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