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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 198, Issue -, Pages 269-274Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.10.039
Keywords
Red mud; Self-glazing; Radioactivity levels; Reduction
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [50972028]
- Science and Technology Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China [0630006-5]
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Self-glazing red mud based ceramic materials (RMCM) were produced by normal pressure sintering process using the main raw materials of red mud. The properties of the RMCM samples were investigated by the measurements of mechanical properties, radiation measurement. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results show that the self-glazing RMCM have good mechanical properties (water absorption and apparent porosity approached zero: bulk density, 2.94 g/cm(3); compressive strength, 78.12 MPa). The radiation level has clear change regularity that the radioactivity levels of red mud (6360 Bq) is obvious declined, and can be reduced to that of the natural radioactive background of Guilin Karst landform, China (3600 Bq). It will not only consume large quantities of red mud, but also decrease the production cost of self-glazing RMCM. And the statement of this paper will offer effective ways to reduce the radioactivity level of red mud. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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