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http://dx.doi.org/10.22807/KJMP.2022.35.3.355

Mineral Precipitation and the Behavioral Changes of Trace Elements in Munkyeong Coal Mine Drainage  

Shin, Ji-Hwan (School of Earth System Sciences, Kyungpook National University)
Park, Ji-Yeon (School of Earth System Sciences, Kyungpook National University)
Kim, Ji-Woo (School of Earth System Sciences, Kyungpook National University)
Ju, Ji-Yeon (School of Earth System Sciences, Kyungpook National University)
Hwang, Su-Hyeon (School of Earth System Sciences, Kyungpook National University)
Kim, Yeongkyoo (School of Earth System Sciences, Kyungpook National University)
Park, Changyun (School of Earth System Sciences, Kyungpook National University)
Baek, YoungDoo (Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Daegu Health College)
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Korean Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology / v.35, no.3, 2022 , pp. 355-365 More about this Journal
Abstract
Precipitation and phase transition of iron minerals in mine drainage greatly affect the behavior of trace elements. However, the precipitation of ferrihydrite, one of the major iron minerals precipitated in drainage, and the related behavior of trace elements have hardly been studied. In this study, the effects of pH change and time on mineral precipitation characteristics in mine drainage from the Munkyeong coal mine were investigated, and the behavioral changes of trace elements related to the precipitation of these minerals were studied. In the case of precipitated mineral phases, goethite was observed at pH 4, and 2-line ferrihydrite mixed with small amount of 6-line ferrihydrite was mainly identified at pH 6 or higher. In addition, it was observed that the precipitation of calcite additionally increased as the pH increased in the samples at pH 6 or higher. The occurrence of goethite was probably due to the phase change of initially precipitated ferrihydrite within a short time under the influence of low pH. Our results showed that the concentration of trace elements was strongly influenced by pH and time. With increasing time, Fe concentration in the drainage showed a abrupt decrease due to the precipitation of iron minerals, and the concentration of As existing as oxyanions in the drainage, also decreased rapidly like Fe regardless of the pH values. This decrease in As concentration was mainly due to co-precipitation with ferrihydrite, and also partly to surface adsorption on goethite at low pH in drainage. Contrary to this observation, the concentration of other trace elements, such as Cd, Co, Zn, and Ni was greatly affected by the pH regardless of the mineral species. The lower the pH value, the higher the concentration of these trace elements were observed in the drainage, and vice versa at higher pH. These results indicate that the behavior of trace elements present as cations is more greatly affected by the mineral surface charge influenced by the pH values than the type of the precipitated mineral.
Keywords
Mine drainage; Ferrihydrite; Goethite; Trace element; pH;
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