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Influence of pH, curing time and environmental stress on the immobilization of hazardous waste using activated fly
Shefali Srivastava1, Rubina Chaudhary, Divya Khale
1School of Energy and Environmental Studies, Devi Ahilya University, Takshila Campus, Khandwa Road, Indore 17, MP, India.
Abstract:
The current work is related to inorganic species in sludge generated from Common Effluent Treatment Plant contaminated with hazardous wastes at relatively high concentration. The environmental sensitive metals studied in the sludge are Pb, Fe, Ni, Zn and Mn. The solidification/stabilization (S/S) of heavy metals within fly ash-cement-based matrix was conducted for low cost treatment and reuse of sludge. The study examines the strength of the S/S product by predicting the effect of supplementary cementing material from efficiency factor (k) at 60 degrees C curing temperature. The leaching test was performed at two different pH 7 and 4 to determine the efficiency of heavy metal immobilization. It was observed that replacing 76% OPC by 56% fly ash and 20% sludge for 28 days curing period shows increase in strength as well as rate of stabilization for zinc, iron and manganese at pH 7, lead and nickel were stabilized by 79 and 82%, respectively. Environmental stress test was performed to evaluate the tolerance of extreme adverse environmental condition.
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