clay and ettringite

Clay sediment is removed by dredging, resulting in the disposal of enormous waste sediment clay slurries that consumes land space, as well as risks the human health and the environment. Manganese (Mn) is often identified in clay slurries. Quicklime (CaO)-activated ground granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBS) can be used to stabilize/solidify (S/S) contaminated soils; nevertheless, few studies have been published on the S/S of Mn-contaminated clay slurries using CaO-GGBS. Moreover, the anions contained in clay slurries may affect the S/S efficiency of CaO-GGBS in treating Mn-contaminated clay slurries, but this effect has hardly been investigated. Therefore, this study investigated the S/S efficiency of CaO-GGBS in treating MnSO

Topics: Clay; Humans; Manganese; Minerals; United States

The aim of the present work is to investigate the effect of a prolonged leaching test (more than a year) on the microstructure of solidified cementitious wasteforms. A set of four different cement-based monoliths (Ap, Bp, Cp and Dp) was prepared, and for each series an uncontaminated sample was prepared as reference (A-D). An organoclay was added in all pastes as pre-sorbent material for the pollutant; a model liquid organic pollutant, 2-chloroaniline (2-CA), was added only in the contaminated ones and different types of admixtures, chosen among those typically employed in the concrete mix-design, were used. After the first 28 days of curing, all the monoliths, contaminated and uncontaminated, underwent a dynamic leach testing (DLT) for more than 1 year in deionized water.

Topics: Adsorption; Aluminum Silicates; Aniline Compounds; Calcium Hydroxide; Carbonates; Clay; Construction Materials; Environmental Pollutants; Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; Minerals; Models, Chemical; Organic Chemicals; Porosity; Thermogravimetry; Water; Water Pollutants, Chemical; X-Ray Diffraction