Characterization of Pb-Bearing Minerals in Polluted Soils from Closed Mine Sites

Autor: Katsuhiro Tsukimura, Ming Zhang, Masaya Suzuki, Mihoko Hoshino, Masaaki Ohta
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Water, Air, & Soil Pollution. 231
ISSN: 1573-2932
0049-6979
Popis: Lead is a toxic metal, and its characterization in contaminated soils is crucial to the success of a remediation, especially for the soil washing, one of most commonly used technologies. In this study, we propose a convenient approach that combines sedimentary hydro-classification with semi-quantitative powder X-ray diffraction analysis for characterizing the Pb-bearing minerals in soils. The approach was applied to two samples (YYm and YYu-1) collected from a closed Cu–Pb–Zn mine in the Tohoku region of Japan. The samples were taken from adjacent areas but had different appearances (YYm was a gray soil and YYu-1 was a creamy colored soil). The coarser YYm fractions had higher Pb contents than the finer YYm fractions, but the finer YYu-1 fractions (diameters
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