Pilot-Scale Decontamination of Small-Arms Shooting Range Soil Polluted with Copper, Lead, Antimony, and Zinc by Acid and Saline Leaching
Publication: Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 141, Issue 1
Abstract
The objective of this study was to evaluate at the pilot scale the performance of a chemical leaching process for Pb, Cu, Sb, and Zn removal from a fine fraction () of soil at two Canadian small-arms shooting ranges (SASR; Batoche: , , , and ; Normandie: , , , and ). A comparison of different leaching reagents revealed that the use of (4 M) is a very promising option from an economic point of view to solubilize metallic pollutants from highly polluted soils. The results showed that chemical treatment, including three successive acid-leaching steps (, , , ) followed by one rinsing step using water [pulp density , time , temperature ], resulted in metal removal yields of 93% Cu, 97% Pb, 89% Sb, and 70% Zn in Batoche soil and 85% Cu, 96% Pb, 59% Sb, and 49% Zn in Normandie soil. Subsequently, Sb and other dissolved metals (Cu, Pb, and Zn) were successfully recovered via chemical precipitation/coprecipitation (99.1% Cu, Pb, 95.1% Sb, and 99.9% Zn—Batoche; 90.4% Cu, Pb, 79.1% Sb, and ) by adding NaOH until .
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Acknowledgments
Sincere thanks are extended to the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and Tecosol for their financial contribution to this study.
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Volume 141 • Issue 1 • January 2015
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Received: Jan 21, 2014
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