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      Development of an accelerated leaching method for incineration bottom ash correlated to toxicity characteristic leaching protocol

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      Author
      Lin, Shengxuan
      Zhou, Xuedong
      Ge, Liya
      Ng, Sum Huan
      Zhou, Xiaodong
      Chang, Victor Wei-Chung
      Date of Issue
      2016
      School
      School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
      Research Centre
      Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute
      Related Organization
      A*STAR SIMTech
      Version
      Accepted version
      Abstract
      Heavy metals and some metalloids are the most significant inorganic contaminants specified in toxicity characteristic leaching procedure (TCLP) in determining the safety of landfills or further utilization. As a consequence, a great deal of efforts had been made on the development of miniaturized analytical devices, such as Microchip Electrophoresis (ME) and μTAS for on-site testing of heavy metals and metalloids to prevent spreading of those pollutants or decrease the reutilization period of waste materials such as incineration bottom ash. However, the bottleneck lied in the long and tedious conventional TCLP that requires 18 h of leaching. Without accelerating the TCLP process, the on-site testing of the waste material leachates was impossible. In this study, therefore, a new accelerated leaching method (ALM) combining ultrasonic assisted leaching with tumbling was developed to reduce the total leaching time from 18 h to 30 min. After leaching, the concentrations of heavy metals and metalloids were determined with ICP-MS or ICP-optical emission spectroscopy. No statistical significance between ALM and TCLP was observed for most heavy metals (i.e., cobalt, manganese, mercury, molybdenum, nickel, silver, strontium, and tin) and metalloids (i.e., arsenic and selenium). For the heavy metals with statistical significance, correlation factors derived between ALM and TCLP were 0.56, 0.20, 0.037, and 0.019 for barium, cadmium, chromium, and lead, respectively. Combined with appropriate analytical techniques (e.g., ME), the ALM can be applied to rapidly prepare the incineration bottom ash samples as well as other environmental samples for on-site determination of heavy metals and metalloids.
      Subject
      Accelerated leaching method
      Heavy metal
      Incineration bottom ash
      Metalloid
      Toxicity characteristic leaching protocol
      Type
      Journal Article
      Series/Journal Title
      Electrophoresis
      Rights
      © 2016 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. This is the author created version of a work that has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication by Electrophoresis, WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. It incorporates referee’s comments but changes resulting from the publishing process, such as copyediting, structural formatting, may not be reflected in this document. The published version is available at: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/elps.201600129].
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