Copper metallurgical slags: mineralogy, bio/weathering processes and metal bioleaching

Appendix 1   ........................................................................................................................... 261
 
Appendix 2   ........................................................................................................................... 262
 

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List of tables 
 
TABLE 1.1 Phases of work, experimental approaches and methodologies applied. ................. 7
 
TABLE 2.1 Comparison of chemical and phase composition of copper rich metallurgical 
slags collected from several industrial areas. .................................................................. 18
 
TABLE 2.2 Leaching tests performed with metal-rich metallurgical slags. ............................ 37
 
TABLE 2.3 Leaching and recovery of metals from Cu-rich metallurgical slags. ................... 41
 
TABLE 2.4 Bioleaching and biorecovery experiments tested for copper slags ...................... 61
 
TABLE 3.1 Comparison of experimental conditions and analytical techniques employed in 
the experiments. .............................................................................................................. 89
 
TABLE 4.1 Chemical composition of copper slags. .............................................................. 106
 
TABLE 4.2 Primary (formed during slag solidification) phases identified in the studied slags. 
 
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TABLE 4.3 Glass composition determined for studied slags. ............................................... 112
 
TABLE 4.4 Silicates (fayalite and pyroxene) identified in the studied slags. ....................... 113
 
TABLE 4.5 Sulfides and intermetallic phases identified in the studied slags. ...................... 116
 
TABLE 4.6 Approximate distribution of metals between mineral phases............................. 117
 
TABLE 4.7 The range of content of Cu, Zn and Pb in copper slags. .................................... 122
 
TABLE 4.8 Distribution of metallic elements within glasses analysed for different Cu-slags. .. 
 
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TABLE 5.1 Chemical composition of slags. .......................................................................... 139
 
TABLE 5.2 Amounts [mg/kg] of metals leached out from individual slags after 24 h, 48 h,  
72 h, 168 h and 960 h. ................................................................................................... 146
 
TABLE 6.1 Chemical and mineralogical features of Cu-slags (Potysz et al., 2016). ............ 169
 
TABLE 6.2 Leaching rates calculated based on concentration of elements in the leachates. 177
 
TABLE 6.3 The maximum intensities (average of 3 replicates) of fluorophores identified in 
biotic filtered solution (<0.22 µm). ............................................................................... 178
 
TABLE 6.4 Relative values [%] of elements leached for slags exposure to different conditions 
after 112 days of incubation. ......................................................................................... 186
 
TABLE 7.1 Chemical and mineralogical composition of crystalline and amorphous Cu-slag 
(Potysz et al., 2016a, 2016b). ........................................................................................ 204
 
TABLE 8.1 Cu uptake capacity of plants (aboveground biomass) growing on different 
contaminated sites around the world (A review). ......................................................... 241
 
 

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