RT Journal Article
T1 Reutilisation of Water Contaminated by Mining Waste for the Encapsulation of Potentially Toxic Elements
A1 Suárez Macías, Jorge
A1 Terrones Saeta, Juan María
A1 Bernardo Sánchez, Antonio
A1 Ortiz Marqués, Almudena
A1 Castañón, Ana Maria
A1 Corpas Iglesias, Francisco Antonio
AB Mining activities are essential for a population’s development; however, they also producenegative effects such as the production of waste, an impact on flora and water pollution. On theother hand, construction is one of the sectors which is most demanding of raw materials, with oneof the main such materials being water. For this reason, this research evaluates the feasibility ofincorporating water contaminated by mining waste into ceramic materials for bricks. In this way,the use of water is reduced and, on the other hand, the contaminating elements of the mining waterare encapsulated in the ceramic matrix. To achieve this, the clay used and the contaminated waterwere first analysed, then different families of samples were conformed with different percentages ofcontaminated water. These samples were tested to determine their physical and mechanical properties.At the same time, leachate tests were carried out to determine that the ceramic material created did notcause environmental problems. The test results showed that the physical and mechanical propertiesof the ceramics were not influenced by the addition of contaminated water. On the other hand, theleachate tests showed that encapsulation of most of the potentially toxic elements occurred. However,the use of contaminated water as mixing water for ceramics could only be performed up to 60%,as higher percentages would leach impermissible arsenic concentrations. Accordingly, a new wayof reusing water contaminated by mining activities is developed in this study, taking advantage ofresources, avoiding environmental pollution and creating economic and environmentally friendlyend products
PB MDPI
SN 1996-1944
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/20712
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/20712
LA eng
NO Suárez-Macías, J., Terrones-Saeta, J. M., Bernardo-Sánchez, A., Ortiz-Marqués, A., Castañón, A. M., & Corpas-Iglesias, F. A. (2022). Reutilisation of Water Contaminated by Mining Waste for the Encapsulation of Potentially Toxic Elements. In Materials (Vol. 15, Issue 3, p. 1076). MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15031076
NO Technical and human support provided by CICT of Universidad de Jaén (UJA,MINECO, Junta de Andalucía, FEDER) is gratefully acknowledged
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 31 may 2026