"Effects of Curing Temperature on the Leachability of Lead Undergoing S" by Michael A. Janusa
 

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1998

Abstract

Curing temperature was found to dramatically affect the amount of waste leached from a solidified waste/cement matrix between 2 and 40°C. Using lead nitrate as a model waste, samples cured for 7,14, and 28 days at a cure temperature of 40°C leached very little lead (1-3 mg/liter), while at a cure temperature of 2°C samples leached approximately 25 times more lead (20-90 mg/liter). The results indicate that curing temperature is a very crucial variable to consider when solidifying waste with cement if maximum stabilization is to be achieved.

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Originally published in Microchemical Journal 1998, 60 (2), p. 193-97


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