Abstract
Seven samples of oil fly and bottom ashes were leached with water using a Canadian standard test method for shake extraction of solid waste. The concentrations of 20 elements in the leachates were determined by the computerized systematic instrumental absolute neutron activation analysis. The ranges of concentrations (in ppm) found for the elements in the leachates were: Al (3–526), Ba (0.5–6), Ca (100–695), Cl (13–59), Co (1–6.3), Cr (0.2–6.6), Cs (0.03–0.4), Eu (0.003–0.01), Fe (28–690), K (42–464), La (0.3–49), Mg (214–3150), Mn (1.2–20), Na (88–4050), Sb (0.04–0.4), Sc (0.003–0.07), Sr (1.2–23), U (0.07–1), V (1.2–4540) and Zn (2.3–200). These findings were compared with the maximum concentrations allowed for these elements by Canadian regulations. The concentrations of Cr and U were found to be higher than their permissible limits on 7 occasions. The purpose of this study was to determine the background levels of different elements in oil ash leachates, in order to evaluate their potential impact on underground water.
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Tzonev, V., Zikovsky, L. Neutron Activation Analysis of Bottom and Fly Oil Ash Leachates. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 250, 563–564 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017998417754
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