Eluviation and Leaching of Elements from Broken Fly-Ash-Based Porous Geopolymer

The fly ash from powerplants used for coal mine end backfilling can effectively reduce the impact of ground fly ash accumulation on the environment. However, due to the long-term action of the overlying strata and groundwater, when the backfilling body is broken, heavy metals will also be leached, t...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:b02f4933f7f74a2ca996f31527a1f6892021-11-25T18:14:26ZEluviation and Leaching of Elements from Broken Fly-Ash-Based Porous Geopolymer10.3390/ma142268841996-1944https://doaj.org/article/b02f4933f7f74a2ca996f31527a1f6892021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/14/22/6884https://doaj.org/toc/1996-1944The fly ash from powerplants used for coal mine end backfilling can effectively reduce the impact of ground fly ash accumulation on the environment. However, due to the long-term action of the overlying strata and groundwater, when the backfilling body is broken, heavy metals will also be leached, thus having an impact on the groundwater. Therefore, in this paper, the eluviation and leaching of elements from a broken fly-ash-based porous geopolymer is studied. The fly-ash-based geopolymer material was prepared to perform a dynamic eluviation and static leaching test, and it was found that the amount of Cu and Zn in the leachate was less abundant, whereas Pb was more abundant, but far less than the limit of the Class III groundwater quality standard. An acidic environment and a smaller solid–liquid ratio can promote the leaching of Cu and Zn, while the leaching of Pb is basically unaffected by the pH value. Moreover, the amount of Cu, Zn, and Pb in the lixivium increased with the increase in leaching time, and the amount of Cu and Zn in the lixivium was still low after 150 h of leaching, whereas the amount of Pb was high, approaching the limit value of the Class III groundwater quality standard, showing a tendency to increase after 100 h of leaching. A leaching orthogonal experiment was designed, and the results showed that the main order of each factor affecting the leaching of heavy metals from the fly-ash-based geopolymer was grain size > pH > solid–liquid ratio; thus, the leaching of heavy metals from fly-ash-based geopolymer can be controlled, which is significant with respect to the extensive use of fly-ash materials underground.Peng ShiYuan ZhangQingfu SunXupeng TaMDPI AGarticlefly-ash-based porous geopolymerdynamic eluviationstatic leachingTechnologyTElectrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineeringTK1-9971Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)TA1-2040MicroscopyQH201-278.5Descriptive and experimental mechanicsQC120-168.85ENMaterials, Vol 14, Iss 6884, p 6884 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic fly-ash-based porous geopolymer
dynamic eluviation
static leaching
Technology
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Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
TK1-9971
Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TA1-2040
Microscopy
QH201-278.5
Descriptive and experimental mechanics
QC120-168.85
spellingShingle fly-ash-based porous geopolymer
dynamic eluviation
static leaching
Technology
T
Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
TK1-9971
Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TA1-2040
Microscopy
QH201-278.5
Descriptive and experimental mechanics
QC120-168.85
Peng Shi
Yuan Zhang
Qingfu Sun
Xupeng Ta
Eluviation and Leaching of Elements from Broken Fly-Ash-Based Porous Geopolymer
description The fly ash from powerplants used for coal mine end backfilling can effectively reduce the impact of ground fly ash accumulation on the environment. However, due to the long-term action of the overlying strata and groundwater, when the backfilling body is broken, heavy metals will also be leached, thus having an impact on the groundwater. Therefore, in this paper, the eluviation and leaching of elements from a broken fly-ash-based porous geopolymer is studied. The fly-ash-based geopolymer material was prepared to perform a dynamic eluviation and static leaching test, and it was found that the amount of Cu and Zn in the leachate was less abundant, whereas Pb was more abundant, but far less than the limit of the Class III groundwater quality standard. An acidic environment and a smaller solid–liquid ratio can promote the leaching of Cu and Zn, while the leaching of Pb is basically unaffected by the pH value. Moreover, the amount of Cu, Zn, and Pb in the lixivium increased with the increase in leaching time, and the amount of Cu and Zn in the lixivium was still low after 150 h of leaching, whereas the amount of Pb was high, approaching the limit value of the Class III groundwater quality standard, showing a tendency to increase after 100 h of leaching. A leaching orthogonal experiment was designed, and the results showed that the main order of each factor affecting the leaching of heavy metals from the fly-ash-based geopolymer was grain size > pH > solid–liquid ratio; thus, the leaching of heavy metals from fly-ash-based geopolymer can be controlled, which is significant with respect to the extensive use of fly-ash materials underground.
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author Peng Shi
Yuan Zhang
Qingfu Sun
Xupeng Ta
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Yuan Zhang
Qingfu Sun
Xupeng Ta
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title Eluviation and Leaching of Elements from Broken Fly-Ash-Based Porous Geopolymer
title_short Eluviation and Leaching of Elements from Broken Fly-Ash-Based Porous Geopolymer
title_full Eluviation and Leaching of Elements from Broken Fly-Ash-Based Porous Geopolymer
title_fullStr Eluviation and Leaching of Elements from Broken Fly-Ash-Based Porous Geopolymer
title_full_unstemmed Eluviation and Leaching of Elements from Broken Fly-Ash-Based Porous Geopolymer
title_sort eluviation and leaching of elements from broken fly-ash-based porous geopolymer
publisher MDPI AG
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