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Chemical speciation of lead in secondary fly ash using X-ray absorption spectroscopy

  • Shulei Tian
  • , Yingcai Zhu
  • , Bangbang Meng
  • , Jian Guan
  • , Zhiqiang Nie
  • , Qingqi Die
  • , Wei Xu
  • , Meijuan Yu
  • , Qifei Huang*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences
  • CAS - Institute of High Energy Physics
  • Harbin University of Science and Technology
  • HBIS Group

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Abstract

In this study, fly ash samples were collected from bag houses in a Chinese municipal solid waste incinerator (MSWI) and secondary fly ash (SFA) samples were collected from a high-temperature tubular electric furnace by thermal treatment of MSWI fly ash at 1050, 1100, 1150, 1200, and 1250 °C.We determined the speciation and atomic coordinates of lead in SFA using X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) techniques. The results obtained by X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectra revealed that the mass fraction of PbO in MSWI fly ash was 57.9% (wt %) while PbCl2 and PbS were the dominant species in SFA. Extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) data analysis indicated the atomic coordinates of Pb were proportional to the weights of PbCl2 and PbS, in good agreement with the XANES spectra. These findings highlight lead evaporation processes in the MSWI fly ash during heat treatment and provide a method for consistent speciation analysis of environmental samples using XAS.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)362-366
Number of pages5
JournalChemosphere
Volume197
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2018
Externally publishedYes

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  2. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

Keywords

  • Evaporation
  • MSWI fly ash
  • Secondary fly ash
  • X-ray absorption spectroscopy

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