ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Antimony Ore Tailings: Heavy Metals, Chemical
Speciation, and Leaching Characteristics
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Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Shale Gas Resource Exploitation, Xiangtan, China
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School of Civil Engineering, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, China
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School of Science and Sport, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, United Kingdom
Submission date: 2017-12-03
Final revision date: 2018-01-29
Acceptance date: 2018-02-02
Online publication date: 2018-08-01
Publication date: 2018-11-20
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Bozhi Ren
Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Shale Gas Resource Exploitation, Xiangtan, 411201, China
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2019;28(1):485-495
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Antimony ore tailings slag was used analyze heavy metals, chemical speciation, and leaching
characteristics. The results show that the residual silicate phases account for 65.44% of Sb, 77.22% of As,
87.94% of Hg, 58.53% of Pb, 71.27% of Cd, and 96.34% of Zn. Although the exchangeable and carbonate
phases account for 7.71% of Sb, 0.71% of As, 3.77% of Hg, 4.82% of Pb, 1.83% of Cd, and 1.73% of Zn, the
water-or-acid-soluble phases contribute more to the chemical speciation of heavy metals. Concentrations
of Sb, As, and Hg in the leachates increased with increasing solid-liquid ratio, decreasing particle size
and increasing temperature. In simulated rainfall conditions, the total quantity increased in the order
Sb > As > Hg and were 42.508 mg, 52.940 μg, and 0.876 μg, respectively, at 500 g antimony ore tailings.
Under different rainfall intensity simulations, the maximum quantity in the leachates of Sb, As, and
Hg were 93.894 mg, 255.451 μg, and 1.690 μg, respectively, and increased in the order of moderate
> heavy > rainstorm. Finally, the cumulative leaching of Sb at pH 6.0 is 42.025 mg/L (higher than at
4.0 and 5.0), and the As and Hg at pH 4.0 are 107.097 μg/L and 0.989 μg/L, respectively.
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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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