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Changes of Chemical Forms of Zinc and Zinc Sulfide During the Composting Process of Municipal Solid Waste

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Changes of chemical forms of metallic zinc and zinc sulfide during the composting process ofmunicipal solid waste in oxygen conditions have been determined. Speciation of zinc was carriedout by means of sequential extraction. It has been found that contamination of the waste with Znis dangerous to the environment because zinc accumulates in bioavailable forms - organicallybound and carbonate. Zinc sulfide remains mainly in a less mobile sulfide form. The compostingprocess increases the mobility of zinc insignificantly.

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Ciba, J., Zołotajkin, M. & Cebula, J. Changes of Chemical Forms of Zinc and Zinc Sulfide During the Composting Process of Municipal Solid Waste. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 93, 167–173 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022192126944

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