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A comprehensive exploration on pollution characteristics and health risks of potentially toxic elements in indoor dust from a large Cu smelting area, Central China
Large-scale smelting activities release large amounts of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in fine particles. These particles floating in the air...
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A Dynamic Thermochemistry-Based Process Model for Lead Smelting in the TSL Process
The first dynamic process model of a Top Submerged Lance (TSL) furnace based on a fundamental phase solution thermochemical basis is reported. This...
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Heavy Metal Contamination Characteristics in Acid Soil-rice Systems and the Corresponding Human Health Risk in a Mining and Smelting Area in Jiangxi Province
To understand the effects of mining activities on soil cadmium and rice, a typical mining area was selected. The Cd content in a considerable number...
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A Study on the Selective Leaching of Valuable Metals and the Configuration of Iron Silicon Phases in Copper Smelting Slag by Oxidative Pressure Leaching
In this research, copper smelting slag was processed under a pressurized oxygen atmosphere and low acidity conditions to achieve the selective...
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Distribution characteristics and potential pollution assessment of heavy metals (Cd, Pb, Zn) in reservoir sediments from a historical artisanal zinc smelting area in Southwest China
Reservoir sediment contamination with heavy metals produced by mining activities has aroused widespread global concern owing to its potential threat...
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Pollution impact assessment of secondary iron smelting on soil and some medicinal herbs grown at Fasina community in Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Use of medicinal herbs is now gaining popularity especially among the low-income people because it is cheap, readily available and its “seeming” lack...
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Soil microbial community responses to the application of a combined amendment in a historical zinc smelting area
Farmland soils that surround a historical zinc smelting area in northwestern Guizhou, China, are characterized by high levels of heavy metal...
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Arsenic Removal from Lead Concentrate-Containing Mimetite Mineral to Solve the Environmental Problem for Smelting Process
The presence of arsenic in base metal concentrates including copper, lead, and zinc creates problems such as low quality of final product and...
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Effects of lead and cadmium co-exposure on liver function in residents near a mining and smelting area in northwestern China
Chronic exposure to environmental cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) may have adverse effects on the human health. In this study, we aimed to determine the...
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Heavy metals accumulation and risk assessment in a soil-maize (Zea mays L.) system around a zinc-smelting area in southwest China
AbstractSmelting of nonferrous metals causes significant concerns because of its emissions of heavy metals (HMs) into surface soil, and its potential...
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Thermodynamic Analysis of Copper Smelting, Considering the Impact of Minor Elements Behavior on Slag Application Options and Cu Recovery
AbstractValorization of slag from metallurgical processes becomes ever more important as a measure to reduce the environmental impact of metal...
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Effect of B2O3 on the Liquidus Temperature and Phase Equilibria in the CaO–Al2O3–SiO2–B2O3 Slag System, Relevant to the Smelting of E-waste
The phase equilibria in the CaO–Al 2 O 3 –SiO 2 ternary system doped with around 5, 10, 15 and 20 wt% B 2 O 3 was studied using a high-temperature...
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Suppressing SO3 formation in copper smelting flue gas by ejecting pyrite into flue
SO 3 in the copper smelting flue gas not only causes serious corrosion in heat exchange and dust collection equipment but also increases the amount of...
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Flue Dust Reactions and Sticking Mechanisms in a Copper Flash Smelting Furnace Waste Heat Boiler: A Sampling Study
The formation of accretion layers within the waste heat boiler is a serious operational concern as it can potentially increase boiler downtime and,...
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Effects of Zinc Smelting Waste Slag Treated with Root Organic Acids on the Liver of Zebrafish (Danio rerio)
Vegetation reconstruction was widely adopted for the waste slag site. But the toxic elements may be made public from slag due to the organic acid...
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Minimization and stabilization of smelting arsenic-containing hazardous wastewater and solid waste using strategy for stepwise phase-controlled and thermal-doped copper slags
Minimization and stabilization of arsenic-containing smelting wastewater and residue is of crucial issue to resolve the arsenic contamination....
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Study on carbon emission reduction countermeasures based on carbon emission influencing factors and trends
The carbon mitigation response encompasses a variety of strategies aimed at mitigating greenhouse gas emissions resulting from human activities....
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Numerical simulation of the effect of sulfide concentrate particle size on pollutant emission from flash smelting furnace
In this research, numerical simulation of three-phase flow (airflow, sulfide concentrate particles, and liquid fuel droplets) within a copper flash...
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Enhancing Rotary Kiln-Electric Furnace Process of Saprolitic Laterite from the Viewpoint of Slag Optimization to Minimize Energy Consumption
How to reduce the energy consumption of the rotary kiln-electric furnace (RKEF) process has become an important issue for the stainless steel...
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Removal of SO2 from smelting flue gas by using copper tailings with MnSO4: factors optimization by response surface methodology
The abatement of SO 2 and the utilization of copper tailings are identified as two attention-attracting environmental issues in the copper smelter. In...
