Browse > Article

The Effects of pH Control on the Leaching Behavior of Heavy Metals within Tailings and Contaminated Soils : Seobo and Cheongyang Tungsten Mine Areas  

이평구 (한국지질자원연구원 지질환경재해연구부)
강민주 (한국지질자원연구원 지질환경재해연구부)
박성원 (한국지질자원연구원 지질환경재해연구부)
염승준 (한국지질자원연구원 지질환경재해연구부)
Publication Information
Economic and Environmental Geology / v.36, no.6, 2003 , pp. 469-480 More about this Journal
Abstract
Laboratory leaching experiment study carried out to estimate a extent of heavy metals that could be leached out when acid rain(pH 5.0-3.0) and strong acidic solution(pH 2.5-1.0) reacted with tailings and contaminated soils from abandoned metal mines. In slightly to moderately acid conditions(pH 5.0-3.0), As, Pb and Zn dissolutions became significantly increased with decreased pH in tailing, while dissolution of these elements was very limited in contaminated soil. These results suggested that moderately acid rainwater leaches Pb, As and Zn from the tailings, while these elements would remain fixed in contaminated soil. In the pH range of 2.5-1.0(strongly acid condition), Zn, Cd and Cu concentrations of leachate rapidly increased with decreased pH in contaminated soil, while Pb, As and Co dissolutions became importantly increased in tailings. The experimental solubility of Zn. Cd and Cu was very low even at very low pH values(up to pH 1), except for CY4(Cheongyang mine). These can result from an incomplete dissolution or the presence of less soluble mineral phases. So, the solubility of heavy metals depends not only on the pH values of leachate but also on the speciation of metals associated with contaminated soils and tailings. The relative mobility of each element within failings at the pH 5.0-3.0 of the reaction solution was in the order of Pb>Zn>Cd>Co=Cu>As. In case of pH 2.5-1.0 of the reaction solution, the relative mobility of each element within contaminated soils and tailings were in the order of Zn>Cd>Cu>Co>Pb=As for contaminated soils, and Pb>Zn>Cd>hs>Co>Cu for tailings. The obtained results could be useful for assessing the environmental effects and setting up the restoration plan in the areas.
Keywords
pH; leaching; heavy metal; tailings; contaminated soils;
Citations & Related Records
Times Cited By KSCI : 3  (Citation Analysis)
연도 인용수 순위
1 /
[ 환경부 ] / 대기환경연보(2002)
2 The soild-phase controls on the mobility of heavy metals at the Copper Cliff tailings area, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada /
[ McGregor,R.G.;Blowes,D.W.;Jambor,J.L.;Robertson,W.D. ] / Contaminant Hydrology   DOI
3 서보광산 폐광석내 2차 광물에 의한 중금속 고정화 /
[ 강민주;이평구;최상훈;신성천 ] / 자원환경지질학회지   과학기술학회마을
4 The formation-dissolution-precipitation cycle of melanterite at the abandoned pyrite mine of Genna Luas in Sardinia, Italy: environmental implications /
[ Frau,F. ] / Mineralogical Magazine   DOI   ScienceOn
5 Arsenic in iron cements developed within tailings of a former metalliferous mine-Enguiales, Aveyron. France /
[ Courtin-Nomade,A.;Bril,H.;Neel,C.;Lenain,J.F. ] / Applied Geochemistry   DOI   ScienceOn
6 다덕광산 폐석내 섬아연석, 능망간석, 함망간 방해석의 화학적 풍화작용과 Zn, Mn, As의 지구화학적 거동 /
[ 정기영;이병윤;이석훈 ] / 한국광물확회지   과학기술학회마을
7 Mineralogical study of base metal tailings with various sulfide contents, oxidized in laboratory columns and field lysimeters /
[ Shaw,S.C.;Groat,L.A.;Jambor,J.L.;Blowes,D.W.;Hanton-Fong,C.J.;Stuparyk,R.A. ] / Environmental Geology
8 Mine wastes at the polymetallic deposit of Fenice Capanne(southern Tuscany, Italy). Mineralogy, geochemistry, and environmental impact /
[ Mascaro,I.;Benvenuti,B.;Corsini,F.;Costagliola,P.;Lattanzi,P.;Parrini,P.;Tanelli,G. ] / Environmental Geology   DOI   ScienceOn
9 청양·서보 증석광산 주변 토양의 중금속 오염에 관한 광물학적·환경지구화학적 연구: 자연정화와 환경관리 측면에서의 고찰 /
[ 강민주 ] / 충북대학교 석사학위 논문
10 Sequential extraction procedure for the speciation of particulate trace metal /
[ Tessier,A.;Campbell,P.G.C.;Bisson,M. ] / Analytical Chemmistry   DOI   ScienceOn
11 A mineralogical and geochemoical study of element mobility in sulfide mine tailings of Fe oxide Cu-Au deposits from the Punta del Cobre belt, northern Chile /
[ Dold,B.;Fontbote,L. ] / Chemical Geology.   DOI   ScienceOn