Cut-off net acid generation pH in predicting acid-forming potential in mine spoils.
Cut-off net acid generation pH in predicting acid-forming potential in mine spoils.
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预测矿渣中产酸潜力的截断净酸生成 pH 值。
DOI:
10.2134/jeq2006.0420
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发表时间:
2007-05
影响因子:
2.4
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Acidification of mine wastes can lead to a series of environmental problems, such as acid drainage, heavy metal mobilization, and ecosystem degradation. Prediction of acid-forming potential is one of the key steps in management of sulfide-bearing mine wastes. In this paper, the acid-forming potential of 180 mine waste samples collected from 17 mine sites in China were studied using a net acid generation (NAG) method. The samples contained different contents of total sulfur (ranging from 0.6 to 200 g kg(-1)), pyritic sulfur (ranging from 0 to 100 g kg(-1)), and acid neutralization capacity (ANC, ranging from -41 to 274 kg H2SO4 t(-1)). Samples with high acid-forming potential are generally due to their high sulfur content or low acid neutralization capacity. After the samples were oxidized by H2O2, the amounts of acid generation and the final NAG pH were measured. Results indicated that the final NAG pH gave a well-defined demarcation between acid-forming and non-acid-forming materials. Samples with final NAG pH >or= 5 could be classified as non-acid-forming materials, while those with NAG pH <or= 2.5 could be classified as moderate to strong acid-forming materials. Materials with NAG pH > 2.5, but < 5, had low risk of being acid-forming. The confirmation of cut-off NAG pH will be used as a rapid and cost-effective operational monitoring tool for the in-pit prediction of acid-forming potential of mine wastes and classification of waste types.
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影响因子:
4.2
作者:
J. Wong;C. Ip;M. Wong
通讯作者:
J. Wong;C. Ip;M. Wong
影响因子:
5.7
作者:
P. Costigan;A. Bradshaw;R. P. Gemmell
通讯作者:
P. Costigan;A. Bradshaw;R. P. Gemmell
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发表时间:
2000
期刊:
Ecologic Science
影响因子:
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作者:
Shuhai Wen
通讯作者:
Shuhai Wen
影响因子:
13.6
作者:
S. Jennings;D. Dollhopf
通讯作者:
S. Jennings;D. Dollhopf
影响因子:
8.8
作者:
Tordoff, GM;Baker, AJM;Willis, AJ
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Willis, AJ