A - Human Necessities – 62 – D
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A - Human Necessities
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A62D 3/36 (2007.01) A62D 3/33 (2007.01) B09B 3/00 (2006.01) C01B 25/37 (2006.01) C01B 25/455 (2006.01) C01G 1/02 (2006.01) C01G 1/06 (2006.01) C01G 28/02 (2006.01) C04B 18/04 (2006.01) G21F 9/34 (2006.01) A62D 3/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2145310
Methods for waste treatment and compositions of stabilized waste elements are provided, typically for the disposal of arsenical wastes. Arsenic trioxide waste produced as a by-product of metal extraction is slurried in water for from 6 to 24 hours with finely divided quicklime to produce non- volatile calcium arsenate (III). An excess of CaO stoichiometry with As is used to consume secondary waste species such as sulphate, silicate and iron oxides. The precipitated arsenate is oven dried at 120 °C and then calcined in air between 15 minutes to several hours at 1000 °C to 500 °C respectively to oxidize arsenate (III) to arsenate (V) as Ca5(AsO4)3(OH) (an apatite) as the major arsenic immobilization phase, with minor arsenic incorporated in Ca3(AsO4)2. Calcium sulphate anhydrate (sulphate immobilization) and calcium iron oxide (iron immobilization) are also produced. Tertiary immobilization is achieved milling or fracturing and incorporating the apatite an encapsulant consisting of ordinary portland cement and fly- ash. After curing for one month in steel drums in a water saturated at- mosphere, the waste form is ready to be transported either to a repository or to be used as landfill. Further security may be achieved at the back end of the process by lining the repository with ferric clays that will strongly absorb and adsorb heavy metal species which may escape.
Eaton Gregory Francis
Kyle James Hamilton
White Timothy John
Gowling Lafleur Henderson Llp
Kyle James Hamilton
White Timothy John
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