Synopses & Reviews
The book provides state-of-the-art information on removal, recovery, treatment, and disposal of mercury and arsenic wastes, based on a workshop held in Alexandria, Virginia in August 1992. The goals of the workshop were: 1) to examine the fundamentals and analytical issues related to mercury and arsenic compounds; 2) to disseminate information on the state of practice of source reductiontechnologies that recover or remove mercury and arsenic from industrial wastes'and recycling or reuse processes; and 3) to discuss existing and emerging technologies that treat industrial wastes or contaminated soil and water, and the storage and disposal of treated wastes. The book is presented in two parts Mercury and Arsenic and contains extended summaries of papers presented at the workshop. The areas covered are fundamentals, analytical techniques/characterization; removal, recovery, and reuse; and treatment, storage, and disposal.
Table of Contents
Part I: Mercury
Elemental Mercury in Soil and the Subsurface: Transformations and Environmental Transport
Research Program for Dealing with Mercury in Soil at Natural Gas Industry Sites
Mercury Containing Hazardous Wastes: Generation and Potential Reduction
Recent Advances in the Analytical Techniques for the Quantification of Mercury and Mercury Compounds in Different Media
Mercury in Sediments-How Clean is Clean?
Effect of Chemical Form of Mercury on the Performance of Soils in Standard Leaching Tests
Inter-Laboratory Testing for Mercury by TCLP and Source Reduction in the Lamp Manufacturing Industry
Management of Medical Mercury Battery Wastes Through Source Substitution
Recovery of Mercury D-009 and U-151 Waste from Soil Using Proven Physical and Gravimetric Methods
Treatment and Mercury Recovery from Electrical Manufacturing Wastes
Development of BDAT for the Thermal Treatment of K106 and Certain D009 Wastes
Mercury Removal with Ionac Ion Exchange Resins
Development of Bacterial Strains for the Remediation of Mercurial Wastes
The Recovery of Mercury from Mineral Extraction Residues Using Hydrometallurgical Techniques
High Vacuum Mercury Retort Recovery Still from Processing EPA D-009 Hazardous Waste
Non-Thermal Processing of K106 Mercury Mud
Biological and Physio-Chemical Remediation of Mercury-Contaminated Hazardous Waste
PART II: Arsenic
Introduction to Arsenic Chemistry and Analysis
Arsenic Chemistry in Relation to the Disposal and Stability of Metallurgical Extraction Wastes
Arsenic: Supply, Demand, and the Environment
Recovery of Arsenic and a Raw Material for Reuse
Alternative Preservative Systems: Pros and Cons
Potential for Recovery of CCA from F035 Wood Preserving Operations
Reuse of Wood Preservative That Contains Arsenic
Osmose Water Purification System to Remove CCA Contaminants from Water
The Cashman and Other Hydrometallurgical Process Treatments of Polymetallic Arsenical Dusts, Sludges, and Wastes
Arsenic Extraction from Silt and Clays
The Behavior of Arsenic in a Rotary Kiln Incinerator
Removal of Arsenic from Wastewaters and Stabilization of Arsenic Bearing Waste Solids
Treatment of Landban-Varianced Arsenic Wastes at TSDFs
Characterization of Arsenic-Containing Mining/Smelting Wastes in the Clark Fork Basin, MT and Some Potential Remediation Technologies
Solidification/Stabilization of Arsenic Compounds
Vitrification of Waste Streams Containing RCRA Metal Compounds