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Synthesis of ternary geopolymers using prediction for effective solidification of mercury in tailings

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Synthesis of ternary geopolymers using prediction for effective solidification of mercury in tailings
This study used steel slag,fly ash,and metakaolin as raw materials(SFM materials)to cre-ate silica-alumina-based geopolymers that can solidify Hg2+when activated with sodium-based water glass.The experiments began with a triangular lattice point mixing design ex-periment,and the results were fitted,analyzed,and predicted.The optimum SFM material mass ratio was found to be 70%steel slag,25%fly ash,and 5%metakaolin.The optimum modulus of the activator was identified by comparing the unconfined compressive strength and solidifying impact on Hg2+of geosynthetics with different modulus.The SFM geopoly-mer was then applied in the form of potting to cure the granulated mercury tailings.The inclusion of 50%SFM material generated a geosynthetic that reduced mercury transport to the surface soil by roughly 90%.The mercury concentration of herbaceous plant samples was also reduced by 78%.It indicates that the SFM material can effectively attenuate the migration transformation of mercury.Finally,characterization methods such as XPS and FTIR were used to investigate the mechanism of Hg2+solidification by geopolymers gen-erated by SFM materials.The possible solidification mechanisms were proposed as alka-line environment-induced mercury precipitation,chemical bonding s,surface adsorption of Hg2+and its precipitates by the geopolymer,and physical encapsulation.

MercuryGeopolymerSolidificationTailings

Xuan Lu、Jinfa Guo、Fang Chen、Mengkui Tian

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School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,Guizhou University,Guiyang 550025,China

Mercury Geopolymer Solidification Tailings

2025

环境科学学报(英文版)
中科院生态环境研究中心

环境科学学报(英文版)

影响因子:0.862
ISSN:1001-0742
年,卷(期):2025.147(1)