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CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 207, Issue -, Pages 209-217Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.05.041
Keywords
Bauxite residue; Copper; Carbonate; Iron oxide
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse Foundation, China [PCRRE16007]
- Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality [15230724300]
- DAAD through EXEED/SWINDON project
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control [16K07ESPCT]
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Bauxite residue is a solid waste produced during alumina production process, and the storage of that in China reached 0.6 billion tons with an increase of more than 70 million annually. Bauxite residue can be used to remove heavy metals from water. This study analyzed components of bauxite residue responsible for copper removal, removal process and accompanying reaction products. Calcite (CaCO3), hematite (Fe2O3) and sulfur-Fe are main components contributing to copper removal. Sulfur in bauxite residue works with iron to remove copper. All these components reacted with copper immediately as bauxite residue was added. Reaction time of sulfur-Fe and carbonate was 5 min and 1 h, respectively. And hematite reacted until complete removal of copper (>2 h). Sulfur quickly reacted with coexisting iron to remove copper, producing chalcopyrite (CuFeS2), cubanite (CuFe2S3) and bornite (Cu5FeS4). Carbonate in bauxite residue reacted with copper, producing tenorite (CuO), copper hydroxide (Cu(OH)(2)), malachite (CU2(0H)(2)CO3), carbonate cyanotrichite (Cu4Al2(C0(3),SO4)(OH)(12)center dot 2H(2)O), chalconatronite (Na2Cu(CO3)2 center dot 3H(2)O), nakauriite (Cu-8(SO4)(4)(CO3)(OH)(6)center dot 48H(2)O) and callaghanite (Cu2Mg2(CO3)(OH)(6)center dot 2H(2)O). Copper precipitated through reaction with hematite to produce delafossite (CuFeO2). After removal reaction, the existing forms of copper in bauxite residue comprised carbonate-bound (73.6%-85.7%), iron oxide-bound (5.6%-23.8%), organic matter/sulfide-bound (0.5%-9.0%) and residual forms (0.9%-2.0%). In conclusion, removal of copper using bauxite residue features a more complex reaction than adsorption. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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