Title
Characterization and Thermal Treatment of Eggshell and Olive Stones for Heavy Metals Removal in Mining Environmental Liabilities Sites
Date Issued
01 January 2022
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Publisher(s)
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Abstract
This paper presents the results of characterization, thermal, and chemical treatments made over natural eggshells (ES) and olive stones (OS) samples. The main goal was to perform an analysis to assess the potential of treated ES and OS to remediate heavy metals from polluted soils with mining tailings (PSMT). Sample powders of ES, OS, and PSMT were mechanically treated and characterized with chemical analysis, X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), thermogravimetric, and differential thermogravimetric techniques (TGA & DTG). ES was subjected to a calcination test. OS samples were thermally treated and chemically modified with thiol. PSMT was characterized using specific gravity, average particle size, and environmental indicators. FT-IR analysis indicated the presence of CaCO3, Li2CO3, K2CO3, and KNO3 functional groups in ES and OS. The XRD analysis of ES samples showed the presence of one mineralogical phase (CaCO3). Diffraction patterns in the OS could not be identified due the amorphous condition of the sample. ES calcination tests presented a mass loss near 47% (w/w). The process to obtain chemically modified pre-oxidized biochar from OS reported pyrolysis mass loss of 80.59%, pre-oxidized mass loss of 35.43%, and an addition of 0.14 g during the chemical treatment. Equilibrium diagrams showed that Cd+2 and Hg+2 are most likely in the PSMT soil solution (aqueous phase), whose cations could be removed via cation exchange of the calcinated ES. The mercaptoethanol content in the chemically modified pre-oxidized biochar could be effective in removing the Hg content in PSMT.
Start page
213
End page
226
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biotecnología agrícola, Biotecnología alimentaria
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85125287341
Resource of which it is part
Minerals, Metals and Materials Series
ISBN of the container
9783030925628
Conference
7th Installment of the REWAS conference series held at the TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition focuses on developing tomorrow’s technical cycles, 2022 Anaheim 27 February 2022 through 3 March 2022
Sponsor(s)
Authors would like to thank the Research Vice Rectorate and the College of Geological Mining and Metallurgical Engineering Research Institute of the National University of Engineering for the financial assistance granted, without which these programmed experiences could not have been carried out.
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