Developing iron oxide/carbon nanocomposite adsorbents for arsenic removal from gold mine effluents

这项Engage申请旨在建立Goldcorp Inc.和劳伦蒂安大学的叶博士之间的研究伙伴关系，以开发用于从金矿废水中去除砷的氧化铁/碳纳米复合吸附剂。砷常常与含金矿石伴生，因此常常存在于金矿工业废水中。由于其高毒性和严格的环境法规，在向环境排放之前捕获和安全去除矿山废水中存在的砷对于减少采矿活动对可持续发展的环境影响至关重要。我们的目标是开发一种低成本、高容量的氧化铁/碳纳米复合吸附剂，用于吸附金矿废水中的砷。对纳米复合吸附剂的纳米结构及其吸附砷的性能进行了系统的研究。这项研究的成功可能导致一种砷吸附剂的出现 技术，这可能会在行业中找到黄金矿山废水处理的应用。

This Engage application aims at establishing a research partnership between Goldcorp Inc. and Dr. Ye at Laurentian University to develop iron oxide/carbon nanocomposite adsorbents for arsenic removal from gold mine effluents. Arsenic is often associated with gold-containing ores and is thus often present in industrial gold mine effluents. Due to its high toxicity and strict environment regulations, the capture and safe removal of arsenic present in mine effluents before their release to the environment is critical to reduce the environmental impacts of the mining activities for sustainable development. We herein aim to develop a class of low-cost iron oxide/carbon nanocomposite adsorbents of high capacity for the adsorption of arsenic from gold mine effluents. A systematic study on the nanoscale structure of the nanocomposite adsorbents and their performance in arsenic adsorption will be undertaken. The success of this research may lead to an arsenic adsorbent technology, which may find applications in the industry for gold mine wastewater treatment.