Transformation of arsenic-rich copper smelter flue dust in contrasting soils: A 2-year field experiment

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/68081715:_____/18:00487092 RIV/60460709:41210/18:76896

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2018.02.028" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2018.02.028</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2018.02.028" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.envpol.2018.02.028</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Transformation of arsenic-rich copper smelter flue dust in contrasting soils: A 2-year field experiment

Original language description

Dust emissions from copper smelters processing arsenic-bearing ores represent a risk to soil environments due to the high levels of As and other inorganic contaminants. Using an in situ experiment in four different forest and grassland soils (pH 3.2-8.0) we studied the transformation of As-rich (&gt;50 wt% As) copper smelter dust over 24 months. Double polyamide bags with 1 g of flue dust were buried at different depths in soil pits and in 6-month intervals; then those bags, surrounding soil columns, and soil pore waters were collected and analysed. Dust dissolution was relatively fast during the first 6 months (5-34%), and mass losses attained 52% after 24 months. The key driving forces affecting dust dissolution were not only pH, but also the water percolation retention in individual soils. Primary arsenolite (As2O3) dissolution was responsible for high As release from the dust (to 72%) and substantial increase of As in the soil (to a 56 x increase; to 1500 mg kg(-1)). Despite high arsenolite solubility, this phase persisted in the dust after 2 years of exposure. Mineralogical investigation indicated that mimetite [Pb-5(AsO4)(3)(Cl,OH)], unidentified complex Ca-Pb-Fe-Zn arsenates, and Fe oxyhydroxides partly controlled the mobility of As and other metal(loid)s. Compared to As, other less abundant contaminants (Bi, Cu, Pb, Sb, Zn) were released into the soil to a lesser extent (8-40% of total). The relatively high mobility of As in the soil can be seen from decreases of bulk As concentrations after spring snowmelt, high water-extractable fractions with up to similar to 50% of As(III) in extracts, and high As concentrations in soil pore waters. Results indicate that efficient controls of emissions from copper smelters and flue dust disposal sites are needed to prevent extensive contamination of nearby soils by persistent As.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10505 - Geology

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA13-17501S" target="_blank" >GA13-17501S: Reactivity of anthropogenic metal-bearing geomaterials in soils</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Environmental Pollution

ISSN

0269-7491

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

237

Issue of the periodical within the volume

JUNE

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

83-92

UT code for WoS article

000431158900009

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85042388769