| Title: | Environmental impacts and immobilization mechanisms of cadmium, lead and zinc in geotechnical composites made from contaminated soil and paper-ash |
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| Authors: | ID Đurić, Marija (Author)
ID Oprčkal, Primož (Author)
ID Zalar Serjun, Vesna (Author)
ID Mauko Pranjić, Alenka (Author)
ID Ščančar, Janez (Author)
ID Milačič, Radmila (Author)
ID Mladenovič, Ana (Author) |
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| Language: | English |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: |  ZAG - Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute
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| Abstract: | Paper-ash is used for remediation of heavily contaminated soils with metals, but remediation efficiency after longer periods has not been reported. To gain insights into the mechanisms of immobilization of cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), and znic (Zn), a study was performed in the laboratory experiment in uncontaminated, artificially contaminated, and remediated soils, and these soils treated with sulfate, to mimic conditions in contaminated soil from zinc smelter site. Remediation was performed by mixing contaminated soil with paper-ash to immobilize Cd, Pb, and Zn in the geotechnical composite. Partitioning of Cd, Pb, and Zn was studied over one year in seven-time intervals applying the sequential extraction procedure and complementary X-ray diffraction analyses. This methodological approach enabled us to follow the redistribution of Cd, Pb, and Zn over time, thus, to studying immobilization mechanisms and assessing the remediation efficiency and stability of newly formed mineral phases. Cd, Pb, and Zn were effectively immobilized by precipitation of insoluble hydroxides after the addition of paper-ash and by the carbonization process in insoluble carbonate minerals. After remediation, Cd, Pb, and Zn concentrations in the water-soluble fraction were well below the limiting values for inertness: Cd by 100 times, Pb by 125 times, and Zn by 10 times. Sulfate treatment did not influence the remediation efficiency. Experimental data confirmed the high remediation efficiency and stability of insoluble Cd, Pb, and Zn mineral phases in geotechnical composites. |
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| Keywords: | cadmium, lead, zinc, contaminated soil, paper ash, immobilization mechanisms |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Publication date: | 13.12.2021 |
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| Publisher: | MDPI |
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| Year of publishing: | 2021 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 1-15 |
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| Numbering: | Vol. 11, iss. 24 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DiRROS-15868  |
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| UDC: | 620.1/.2 |
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| ISSN on article: | 2076-3417 |
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| DOI: | 10.3390/app112411822 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 89409283 |
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| Copyright: | © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland |
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| Note: | Nasl. z nasl. zaslona;
Opis vira z dne 14. 12. 2021;
Št. članka 11822;
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| Publication date in DiRROS: | 04.07.2023 |
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