Toxicity Evaluation of Cement-Soda Residue Stabilized and Solidified Zn-Contaminated Soil under Cyclic Freezing–Thawing Condition
Publication: Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 150, Issue 9
Abstract
The efficiency of stabilization/solidification (S/S) treated heavy metal contaminated soils may be deteriorated by the changeable external environment. Thus, the toxicity characteristics leaching procedure (TCLP) and pH-dependent leaching test were carried out to evaluate the toxicity of zinc-contaminated soil treated by cement blended with soda residue with consideration of freezing–thawing (F-T) cycles. Results showed that F-T cycles had little impact on the toxicity of Zn-contaminated soils treated with cement-soda residue, and the leached concentration didn’t exceed the regulatory limit defined by the standards. Dissolution/precipitation of zinc hydroxides was suggested to be the controlling mechanism for leachability. Besides, immobilized by chemical incorporation and encapsulation by calcium silicate hydrates (CSHs) and calcium aluminate hydrates (CAHs) still remained stable in an acidic condition. Results of X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) verified that F-T cycles impose little impact on the chemical properties of the specimens, but only alter the micro- and macrostructure characteristics.
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Acknowledgments
The authors are grateful to the National Natural Science Foundation of China (project No. 41672306) and the Special Project for Major Science and Technology in Anhui Province, China (project No. 18030801103).
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Volume 150 • Issue 9 • September 2024
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Received: Dec 1, 2023
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Chemical properties
- Chemistry
- Cold regions engineering
- Engineering materials (by type)
- Environmental engineering
- Freeze and thaw
- Frozen soils
- Geomechanics
- Geotechnical engineering
- Materials engineering
- Pollution
- Soil cement
- Soil dynamics
- Soil mechanics
- Soil pollution
- Soil properties
- Soil stabilization
- Soil treatment
- Soils (by type)
- Toxicity
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