Publication detail

The Characterization of Fixation of Ba, Pb, and Cu in Alkali-Activated Fly Ash/Blast Furnace Slag Matrix

KOPLÍK, J. KALINA, L. MÁSILKO, J. ŠOUKAL, F.

Original Title

The Characterization of Fixation of Ba, Pb, and Cu in Alkali-Activated Fly Ash/Blast Furnace Slag Matrix

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

The fixation of heavy metals (Ba, Cu, Pb) in an alkali-activated matrix was investigated. The matrix consisted of fly ash and blast furnace slag (BFS). The mixture of NaOH and Na-silicate was used as alkaline activator. Three analytical techniques were used to describe the fixation of heavy metals—X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) equipped with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), and X-ray powder diffraction (XRD). All heavy metals formed insoluble salts after alkaline activation. Ba was fixed as BaSO4, and only this product was crystalline. EDS mapping showed that Ba was cumulated in some regions and formed clusters. Pb was present in the form of Pb(OH)2 and was dispersed throughout the matrix on the edges of BFS grains. Cu was fixed as Cu(OH)2 and also was cumulated in some regions and formed clusters. Cu was present in two different chemical states; apart from Cu(OH)2, a Cu–O bond was also identified.

Keywords

fixation; alkali-activated materials; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; heavy metals

Authors

KOPLÍK, J.; KALINA, L.; MÁSILKO, J.; ŠOUKAL, F.

Released

30. 6. 2016

Publisher

MDPI

Location

Switzerland

ISBN

1996-1944

Periodical

Materials

Year of study

7

Number

9

State

Swiss Confederation

Pages from

1

Pages to

9

Pages count

9

URL

http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/9/7/533

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/62261

BibTex

@article{BUT126850,
  author="Jan {Koplík} and Lukáš {Kalina} and Jiří {Másilko} and František {Šoukal}",
  title="The Characterization of Fixation of Ba, Pb, and Cu in Alkali-Activated Fly Ash/Blast Furnace Slag Matrix",
  journal="Materials",
  year="2016",
  volume="7",
  number="9",
  pages="1--9",
  doi="10.3390/ma9070533",
  issn="1996-1944",
  url="http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/9/7/533"
}