Co-solidification of bauxite residue and coal ash into indurated monolith via ambient geopolymerisation for in situ environmental application.

AAM Alkali-activated material Fly ash Inorganic polymer Red mud

Journal

Journal of hazardous materials
ISSN: 1873-3336
Titre abrégé: J Hazard Mater
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 9422688

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
15 Jan 2022
Historique:
received: 30 03 2021
revised: 21 07 2021
accepted: 14 08 2021
pubmed: 28 8 2021
medline: 28 8 2021
entrez: 27 8 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Bauxite residues generated from alumina refineries worldwide have accumulated to more than 4 billion tons, at an annual increment of ~ 0.15 billion tons. It is imperative and urgent for the alumina sector to develop field-operable disposal solutions for rapid and cost-effective stabilisation of alkaline bauxite residues (BR) in the storage facility to minimise/prevent potential environmental risks. Taking advantage of the availability of coal ash (CA) on site, we studied a feasible way to synthesise geopolymer from active (amorphous) aluminosilicate components of BR and CA via the alkaline hydrolysis under ambient conditions. The new geopolymeric binder effectively solidifies BR-CA mixtures into indurated monoliths whose unconstrained compressive strength (UCS) can reach as high as ~ 20 MPa after 8 weeks. The Full Factorial Experimental Design was used to study relative influences of BR:CA ratio, modulus of activating solution, and H

Identifiants

pubmed: 34449336
pii: S0304-3894(21)01893-8
doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126925
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doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

126925

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Tuan A H Nguyen (TAH)

Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia. Electronic address: tuan.a.h.nguyen@uq.edu.au.

Xingyun Guo (X)

Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia.

Fang You (F)

Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia.

Narottam Saha (N)

Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia.

Songlin Wu (S)

Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia.

Alexander Scheuermann (A)

School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia.

Chengyao Ren (C)

Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia.

Longbin Huang (L)

Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia. Electronic address: l.huang@uq.edu.au.

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