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A Review of Research on the Treatment of Metallic Pollution by Using a Green Construction Material

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Advanced Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Development (AI2SD’2019) (AI2SD 2019)

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Abstract

Nowadays, the discharge of a large number of pollutants from industrial and natural sources contaminated by heavy metals is a great challenge due to its threat to health and environment. Immobilization is one of the most widely used methods for treating this problem. Geopolymers are aluminosilicate inorganic polymers used as good binders in immobilization of heavy metals due to high efficiency, good surface properties, and amorphous structure. This review summarizes the research work carried out on the immobilization of heavy metals, with geopolymers binders. The performance of geopolymers in immobilization of heavy metals depends on several parameters mainly source materials, nature of metals, Syntheses method of geopolymer and medium of leaching. Future researches should focus on the utilisation of other industrial waste as geopolymers binder in the immobilization process.

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Imad, E.F., Mohammed, A., Laïla, B.A. (2020). A Review of Research on the Treatment of Metallic Pollution by Using a Green Construction Material. In: Ezziyyani, M. (eds) Advanced Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Development (AI2SD’2019). AI2SD 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1104. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36671-1_6

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