Abstract

Chemical processes affecting the acidity of asulphide-rich lignite mine spoil treated with high orlow doses of a CaCO3-rich industrial waste slurrywere studied in the laboratory under two moistureprogrammes (cycles of alternate waterlogging anddrying, and percolation) so as to determine the slurrydose neutralizing spoil acidity and the possibledetrimental effects of high doses. The most importantacidity-reducing process was the dissolution ofapplied calcium carbonate, and CaCO3 consumptionwas greater under percolation conditions than underwaterlogging and drying conditions. The most importantacidity-increasing process was the oxidation ofsulphides, which was again more intense underpercolation. Under waterlogging and drying conditions,the formation of hydroxysulphates may also havecontributed to acidification.

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