Use of Caustic Magnesia To Remove Cadmium, Nickel, and Cobalt from Water in Passive Treatment Systems:  Column Experiments

In the present study caustic magnesia obtained from calcination of magnesium carbonate was tested in column experiments as an alternative material for passive remediation systems to remove divalent metals. Caustic magnesia reacts with water to form magnesium hydroxide, which dissolves increasing the...

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Veröffentlicht in:Environmental science & technology 2006-10, Vol.40 (20), p.6438-6443
Hauptverfasser: Rötting, Tobias Stefan, Cama, Jordi, Ayora, Carlos, Cortina, Jose-Luis, De Pablo, Joan
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Zusammenfassung:In the present study caustic magnesia obtained from calcination of magnesium carbonate was tested in column experiments as an alternative material for passive remediation systems to remove divalent metals. Caustic magnesia reacts with water to form magnesium hydroxide, which dissolves increasing the pH to values higher than 8.5. At these pH values, cadmium is precipitated as otavite and to a minor amount as a hydroxide. Cobalt and nickel are precipitated as hydroxides which form isostructural solids with brucite. Thus, metal concentrations as high as 75 mg/L in the inflowing water are depleted to values below 10 μg/L. Magnesia dissolution is sufficiently fast to treat flows as high as 0.5 m3/m2·day. For reactive grain size of 2−4 mm, the column efficiency ends due to coating of the grains by precipitates, especially when iron and aluminum are present in the solution.
ISSN:0013-936X
1520-5851
DOI:10.1021/es061092g