Chemical and radiochemical characterization of phosphogypsum from Poland

• Autorzy: Maina Linda , Kiegiel Katarzyna , Chajduk Ewelina , Zakrzewska-Kołtuniewicz Grażyna

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.2478/nuka-2024-0016

• Konferencja: International Conference on Development and Applications of Nuclear Technologies NUTECH 2023 (22-24 September 2023 ; Krakow, Poland)
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The current study presents the results of the chemical and the radiochemical characterization of phosphogypsum obtained from the former Wizów Chemical Plant in Poland. Phos phogypsum is a residue obtained from phosphoric acid production. Phosphogypsum mainly contains calcium sulfate dihydrate and impurities originating from the source phosphate rock, including toxic trace elements and natural radionuclides. The phosphogypsum stacks occupy a large area and are an environmental issue today. The project “Phosphogypsum Processing to Critical Raw Materials”, currently realized at the Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, focuses on the use of phosphogypsum from the Polish stacks as material to recover rare earth elements (REEs). The remaining gypsum matrix can be used as an inexpensive material in construction. The chemical and radiological characterization of the radioactive isotopes present in phosphogypsum was performed by using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and the gamma spectrometry technique. The radioactivity of the Polish phosphogypsum was then compared with the radioactivity of the phosphogypsum waste present worldwide.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

gamma spectrometry; phosphogypsum; radionuclides analysis; REEs

• Wydawca: Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
• Czasopismo: Nukleonika
• Rocznik: 2024
• Tom: Vol. 69, No. 2
• Strony: 113--117
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 18 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Maina Linda

• Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology Dorodna 16 St., 03-195 Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5569-6725

autor

Kiegiel Katarzyna

• Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology Dorodna 16 St., 03-195 Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2624-7303

autor

Chajduk Ewelina

• Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology Dorodna 16 St., 03-195 Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7556-5482

autor

Zakrzewska-Kołtuniewicz Grażyna

• Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology Dorodna 16 St., 03-195 Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-++5201-1551

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr POPUL/SP/0154/2024/02 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki II" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki (2025).