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Immobilization of Some Heavy Metals in Geopolymer Based on Water Treatment Sludge and Alum Industry Solid Waste

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Earth and environmental sciences.

Abstract

This paper investigates the immobilization behaviors of Cd2+, Pb2+ and Hg2+ ions in a geopolymer based on water treatment sludge (WTS) and dealuminated metakaolin (DaMK) solid waste from alum industry. For synthesis of WTS/DaMK based geopolymer, five mixes of WTS/DaMK (75/25, 80/20, 85/15, 90/10 and 95/5, respectively) are tested to obtain the optimum synthesis condition based on the compressive strength. Results showed that the geopolymer mortar with 85/15WTS/DaMK has the highest compressive strength (8 MPa). In addition, X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) techniques are used to characterize the mineral and chemical compositions of WTS and DaMK. WTS/DaMK based geopolymer mortar have been tested for leaching to study its immobilization behavior under the optimum condition. The Cd2+, Pb2+ and Hg2+ ions were used and effectively immobilized in this study. The heavy metals with concentrations of 100, 200 and 300 ppm were used in the geopolymer matrix giving about 98% of immobilization efficiency. The study showed that Pb2+ has the best immobilization efficiency followed by Hg2+ and Cd2+ with high concentrations.

DOI

10.21608/ajbas.2020.28829.1014

Keywords

Geopolymer, Dealuminated metakaolin, Water treatment sludge, Heavy metals, Immobilization

Authors

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Abdelaal

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Environmental Sciences Department, Faculty of Science, Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt

Email

ahmed_abdelaal@sci.psu.edu.eg

City

Port Said

Orcid

0000-0002-7121-3674

First Name

Mohammed

Last Name

Abdelmawla

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Environmental Sciences Department, Faculty of Science, Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt

Email

mohamed.abdelmawla.eg@gmail.com

City

Port Said

Orcid

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First Name

Mokhtar

Last Name

Beheary

MiddleName

S.

Affiliation

Environmental Sciences Department, Faculty of Science, Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt

Email

beheary@hotmail.com

City

Port Said

Orcid

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First Name

Nabil

Last Name

Abdullah

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

R&D Director Aluminum Sulfate Co. of Egypt

Email

nabilxp9@gmail.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

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First Name

Taha

Last Name

Razek

MiddleName

M.A.

Affiliation

Institute of Environmental Studies and Researches, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

taha.razek@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

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-

Volume

1

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

15213

Issue Date

2020-07-01

Receive Date

2020-04-30

Publish Date

2020-07-01

Page Start

137

Page End

147

Online ISSN

2682-275X

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947

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Publication Title

Alfarama Journal of Basic & Applied Sciences

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https://ajbas.journals.ekb.eg/

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Created At

22 Jan 2023