Geopolymer solidification/stabilization technology has developed rapidly in the remediation field of heavy metal-contaminated soil. However, geopolymers exhibit low anionic heavy metal immobilization efficiency due to their electronegativity and alkali activation characteristics. This study constructed a one-part blast furnace slag-based geopolymer system using landfill leachate concentrate (LLC) as chlorine and humic acid sources and achieved the solidification/stabilization of cations (Cd, Cu, Hg, and Pb) and anions (Sb and As) in the antimony mine soils (AMS). The LLC addition increased the Sb and As fixation rates from 92%∼94% and 82∼86%, respectively, to over 99%, reducing the leaching concentration of all heavy metal ions to the ppb level. LLC improved the chemical stability and physical encapsulation of Sb/As in three ways: inducing a Friedel's salt (FS) formation, enhancing humic acid complexation/chelation, and promoting geopolymerization. Wet curing was more conducive to FS formation in the geopolymer than dry curing and increased the 28-day compressive strength by 38.5%. Due to the SiO skeleton support effect in AMS, a 30 wt% AMS addition was beneficial for geopolymer strength development. Our study provided a harmless method for the codisposal of LLC and AMS and improved the efficiency of geopolymer fixation of complex heavy metal cations and anions.
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Inserm UMR 1256 Nutrition-Genetics-Environmental Risk Exposure (N-G-ERE), University of Lorraine, Nancy, France.
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January 2025
Department of Applied Biosciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, Republic of Korea.
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College of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, China.
The superposition of heavy metals (HMs) from multiple anthropogenic sources in geochemical anomaly areas makes it difficult to discriminate prime sources in atmospheric HMs. This study utilized a combination of microscopic features, positive matrix factorisation, and Pb isotope fingerprints to trace the main sources of HMs bound to total suspended particulates (TSP) at a pollution site (Msoshui: MS) and control site (Lushan: LS) in northwestern Guizhou. The results reveal that the concentrations of Cd, Pb, Cr, As, Cu, Ni, and Zn in the TSP of LS are 3.
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Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Children's of Alabama, 1600 7th Avenue South, Lowder 400, Birmingham, AL, 35233, USA.
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