Assessment of the possibility of using industrial waste in the development of measures for the immobilization of heavy metals

Taking into account the qualitative composition of the mineral deposits of the Ural region, the proportion of soil contaminated with heavy metals from the area of the zone of active agriculture is high. The task of the experimental studies carried out is to search for effective “substances-immobilizers” from the category of industrial waste, which reduce the mobility of a number of heavy metals. Experimental studies were carried out at the site of the experimental base of the laboratory of mining ecology of the Institute of Mining Mining, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the village of Fomino. The elemental composition of the samples was determined using the atomic absorption method using a Spectr AA-240 FS (VarianOpticalSpectr. Instrum, Australia). The results obtained indicate the presence of processes of immobilization of mobile forms of copper and zinc in the studied substrates in relation to the original technogenic soil, when introducing industrial waste generated at the enterprises of the Sverdlovsk region: litter (JSC “Poultry Farm” Reftinskaya). The largest decrease in the content of mobile forms of copper and zinc is recorded in samples No. 1,3,5 in the proportions of 50% soil / 50% slag + manure, however, in sample No. 3, an increase in the content of the mobile form of copper up to 3.8 mg / kg is observed at the date end of the experiment. Taking into account the yield of the studied agricultural crop (potato), 470 g and a ratio of 90:10 (soil / slag + manure), the result obtained in sample No. 6, in which the concentration of mobile forms of zinc was 25.8 mg / kg, is of interest, although copper remained at a high level, which requires the search for additional “substances-immobilizers” of copper.

Antoninova N. Yu., Shubina L. A., Shepel K. V., Sobenin A. V., Usmanov A. I. Assessment of the possibility of using industrial waste in the development of measures for the immobilization of heavy metals. MIAB. Mining Inf. Anal. Bull. 2022;(5—1):46—55. [In Russ]. DOI: 10.25018/0236_1493_2022_51_0_46.

The article was prepared within the framework of the State Task No. 07500412-22 PR. Topic 2 (2022—2024). Development of geoinformation technologies for assessing the security of mining territories and forecasting the development of negative processes in subsurface use (FUWE-2022-0002), reg. №1021062010532-7-1.5.1 and RFBR grant No. 20-45660014 «Study of patterns of migration and accumulation of heavy metals in natural systems experiencing local technogenic load of mining and metallurgical complex enterprises in order to develop effective methods of their environmental rehabilitation», with financial support from the Government of the Sverdlovsk Region.

Antoninova N. Yu.¹, Cand. Sci. (Eng.), Head of Laboratory, natal78@list.ru, ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8503-639X;
Shubina L. A.¹, research associate, las714@mail.ru, ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8596-3679;
Shepel K. V.¹, Junior Researcher, ksena20@yandex.ru, ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2827-8421;
Sobenin A. V.¹, Junior Researcher, arsob@yandex.ru, ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5513-5680;
Usmanov A. I.¹, Junior Researcher, albert3179@mail.ru, ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3650-0467;
¹ Institute of Mining UB RAS, 620219, Russia, Ekaterinburg, Mamin-Sibiryak st., 58.

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