Dexing Copper Mine Tailings/Electrolytic Manganese Slag/Coal Fly Ash-Derived Self-Foaming Foam Ceramics: Structure, Properties, and Immobilization of Heavy Metals
摘要
Nowadays, the treatment of industrial solid wastes (ISW) is still one of the major challenges in the field of environmental protection and sustainable development. A common way of recycling ISW and reducing their environmental pollution is to prepare building materials. In this study, in virtue of the high-temperature sintering, an all-solid waste-based foam ceramics was synthesized by using Dexing copper mine tailings (DCMT), Electrolytic manganese slag (EMS) and Coal fly ash (CFA) as raw materials. The results show that when the mass ratio of DCMT/EMS/CFA is 90/10/50, the foam ceramics sintered at 1180 °C for 1 h shows the best properties, with a low bulk density (0.55 g/cm3), a high total porosity (69.11%), and an appropriate compressive strength (3.35 MPa). In addition, the foam ceramics also shows an excellent immobilization effect of heavy metals. The leaching test shows that the reduction rate of heavy metal (Fe/Mn/Cr/Cu/Zn) in the foam ceramics is over 72%. A feasible method for the high-efficiency utilization of DCMT/EMS/CFA was provided by this study. Meanwhile, the lightweight foam ceramics with high added-value and non-pollution was also obtained.
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