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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 98, 2019
16th International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction (WRI-16) and 13th International Symposium on Applied Isotope Geochemistry (1st IAGC International Conference)
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| Article Number | 09003 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | Water-Rock Interaction Controlling Water Quality and Human Health Issues | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20199809003 | |
| Published online | 07 June 2019 | |
Column experiments to study the interaction between acid mine drainage and rock and Portland cement
Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA), CSIC, Barcelona 08034, Catalonia, Spain
* Corresponding author: jordi.cama@idaea.csic.es
Interaction between Portland cement, rock (siliceous limestone) and acid mine drainage (AMD) from the Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB) was studied by means of column experiments at laboratory scale. Synthetic acidic solutions (pH = 2) containing sulfate, Fe(II), Al, Mg and minor elements such as divalent cations (Cd, Zn, Cu, Ni and Cd) and an anion As(V) were injected. The interaction was dominated by the dissolution of calcite (main rock phase) and portlandite (one of the main phases of cement). Dissolution of these phases increased the pH up to ≈ 12 as portlandite dissolved and up to ≈ 6 when calcite dissolved. This change in pH resulted in (1) the precipitation of gypsum, aragonite, schwertmannite, brucite and Feand Al-amorphous phases and (2) the precipitation of Cd, Ni and Zn hydroxides and the adsorption of Cu and As(V) on iron hydroxides.
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