In a study of lead-zinc mining areas in the western Qinling Mountains, it was found that mining formed a large amount of slag solid waste piled up in the trench, which may cause changes in the physical and chemical properties of the slag under the leaching environment such as rainfall, surface runoff, and the acidic environment presented by the deposit's fugitive environment and symbiosis with other ore bodies, thus affecting changes in the inherent properties of the slag, and the leachate after leaching may also produce mine environmental problems due to the release of heavy metals. Geological problems. In this paper, based on the analysis of the basic physicochemical properties of the slag, we investigated the changes of the apparent characteristics and heavy metal release of lead-zinc slag with acid leaching time and pH of the leachate under different acidic leaching conditions, and interpreted the process of water (acid)-rock interaction of the slag in combination with the pore structure characteristics of the slag specimens after leaching. Based on the experimental study, the following main results were obtained:
(1) The mineral composition of field slag was mainly dolomite, illite and quartz through the determination and analysis of slag and surface water in the study area; the initial pore structure of field slag was a typical mesoporous feature; the concentrations of five heavy metals in surface water were Zn, Pb, Cu, Cd and Cr in descending order.
(2) After infiltration of two different particle sizes of lead-zinc slag (32mm
(3) In 7 different pH acidic environments, the pH of the infiltrate was 4 as the limit, and the acidic environment and acid etching caused a significant difference in the active degree of ions, as shown by the initial pH of 1, 2, 3 infiltrate pH and conductivity decreased with time and then increased, the initial pH of 4, 5, 6 and deionized water infiltrate pH and conductivity increased with time; its active degree of heavy metal ion release through the The changes in the amount of heavy metal ions released can also be proved by the changes in the initial acidic pH of 1, 2, 3 conditions, five kinds of heavy metal release is large, the initial acidic pH ≥ 4 environment, five kinds of heavy metal release is more stable; and the lower the initial pH value, heavy metal release with the increase in infiltration time gradually higher, the release of heavy metal elements in the order of roughly: Zn>Pb>Cu>Cd>Cr.
(4) The apparent characteristics of the slag after acid leaching and the changes in the physicochemical properties of the infiltrate are the result of slag surface dissolution, the stronger the acidity, the more significant the slag surface dissolution, and with the prolongation of the soaking time, the dissolution further expands, making the slag surface hardness decreases, and the slag pore microstructure changes, accompanied by metal precipitation and migration.
Key words: Lead-zinc slag; Acidic environment; Apparent characteristics; Heavy metal release; Acid corrosion mechanism
Thesis :Applied Basic Research