Data di Pubblicazione:
2018
Abstract:
During their production, management, and landfilling, bottom (BA) and fly (FA) ashes from municipal solid waste incineration may liberate Fe-bearing, ultrafine particles and easily enter different environmental sinks of the biosphere. We aim to explore a collection of BA and FA samples from Italian incinerators to probe magnetic mineralogy and the fraction of harmful superparamagnetic (SP) nanoparticles (d < 30 nm). X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy observation, temperature- and frequency-dependent magnetometry, and Mossbauer analysis are performed. The integration of information from our rock magnetic and non-magnetic techniques leads us to conclude that the dominant magnetic carrier in our samples is magnetite and its intermediate/impure forms, while sulphides (i.e., monoclinic pyrrhotite) are important ancillary magnetic phases. The SP fraction fluxing from the BA and FA outputs of a single incinerator is detected and estimated in 103 tons/year. This work stresses the need to calibrate the current technologies towards a safer management of combustion ashes and certainly to inform the environmental impact assessment by using a combination of different methods.
Tipologia CRIS:
03A-Articolo su Rivista
Keywords:
Anthropogenic pollution; Fly ash and bottom ash; Iron oxides; Magnetic susceptibility; Municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI); Superparamagnetic (SP) particles
Elenco autori:
Funari V.; Mantovani L.; Vigliotti L.; Tribaudino M.; Dinelli E.; Braga R.
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