A novel sorbent, Lanthanum-Impregnated Bauxite (LIB), was prepared to remove fluoride from water. To understand the surface chemical composition and morphology, LIB was characterized using X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy techniques. Experiments were performed to evaluate the sorption potential, dose of sorbent, kinetics, equilibrium sorption capacity, pH and influence of anio...

Radium (Ra) removal by an unconventional sorbent, a modified bauxite refinery residue (MBRR), is investigated for a groundwater extracted in Missouri, USA. The MBRR treatment causes substantial reductions of both gross α and combined Ra activities from 0.955 ± 0.005 and 0.66 ± 0.005 Bq L to below detection limits (0.037 Bq L or 1 pCi L). Column breakthrough occurs at 0.555 Bq L for gross α and ...

Abstract Bauxite residue (BR) is the main by-product of alkaline production alumina from bauxite containing significant amounts valuable metals such as scandium that belongs to rare-earth elements (REEs), classified by European Community critical raw materials (CRMs). BR considered a hazardous waste due its huge volume and high alkalinity making disposal serious universal environmental problem....

High-alumina coal fly ash (HAFA: 45% Al2O3 and 40% SiO2) is regarded as a special solid waste that generated from power plants in northwestern China. It an important substitute for bauxite applied to prepare mullite-based ceramics. In this work, hydrometallurgy–pyrometallurgy synergistic process proposed resolve the lower Al2O3/SiO2 mass ratio (Al/Si) degree of crystallinity can promote formati...

Tošići-Dujići bauxite deposit, situated in Dalmatian inlands, Croatia, contains minor remaining reserves. The deposit lies on Lower Eocene foraminiferal limestone and is covered by Upper Promina sediments. Bauxite samples were analyzed for textural, mineralogical, geochemical features order to determine absolute REE abundances their relation mineralogy, as well devise the origin of enrichment t...

The effects of adding of a range of organic amendments (biosolids, spent mushroom compost, green waste compost and green waste-derived biochar), at two rates, on some key chemical, physical and microbial properties of bauxite processing sand were studied in a laboratory incubation study. Addition of all amendments tended to decrease bulk density and macroporosity but increase total porosity, av...

Sulfide is an important pollutant in aqueous systems. Sulfide removal from polluted waters is required prior to discharge. Red mud (RM) is a solid waste of bauxite processing that is rich in reactive iron oxides and consequently has the potential to be used to remove sulfide from aqueous systems. A series of experiments was undertaken using raw and sintered RM to remove sulfide from waters. RM ...