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Mineralogy of Weathered Flue Gas Desulfurization Sludges

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

S. V. Mattigod ,
Dhanpat Rai ,
J. M. Zachara  and
J. E. Amonette
S. V. Mattigod
Affiliation:
Battelle, Pacific Northwest Laboratories, P.O. Box 999, Richland, WA 99352
Dhanpat Rai
Affiliation:
Battelle, Pacific Northwest Laboratories, P.O. Box 999, Richland, WA 99352
J. M. Zachara
Affiliation:
Battelle, Pacific Northwest Laboratories, P.O. Box 999, Richland, WA 99352
J. E. Amonette
Affiliation:
Battelle, Pacific Northwest Laboratories, P.O. Box 999, Richland, WA 99352
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Abstract

Samples of flue gas desulfurization sludge were characterized chemically and mineralogically. X-ray diffraction analysis indicated that the major crystalline components in the sludge samples were calcite, hannebachite, gypsum, and quartz. Identification of major compounds was confirmed through morphological and chemical analyses using scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray analysis. In a related study, equilibrium solubility measurements of these samples corresponded with known solubilities of calcite, hannebachite, and gypsum.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 136: Symposium O – Fly Ash and Coal Conversion By-Products V , 1988 , 3
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1989

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