Engineering Aspects of Metal Waste Management

About this book

Engineering Aspects of Metal-Waste Management presents a detailed discussion regarding the fate of metals in the environment and the methods by which metal waste is managed. Ten chapters by a multidisciplinary group of scientists and engineers address site assessment, methods of sample digestion, bioremediation, and mathematical models as a tool for describing the retention reactions of heavy metals during transport in the soil. Specific topics covered include evaluating lead extraction methods as indicators of lead mobility in contaminated soils, assessing cadmium contamination using spatial variability, using microwave technology for sample digestion and preparation for analysis, and working with a bioremediation method using arsenate-resistant microorganisms. Mathematical models discussed in this volume are based on convection-dispersion or cell-mixing approaches for metal transport. Engineering Aspects of Metal-Waste Management will be useful for researchers, consulting engineers, and decision makers involved in the management and cleanup of metal-contaminated sites.

Contents

The Distribution and Environmental Chemistry of Lead in Soil at an Abandoned Battery Reclamation Site (J. Kotuby-Amacher, R.P. Gambrell, and M.C. Amacher). Using Probability Spatial Analysis in Assessing Soil Cadmium Contamination (M.R. Murray and D.E. Baker). Microwave Digestion Procedures for Characterizing Metal Contaminated Soils: Applications, Limitations, and Projected Capabilities (C.M. Reynolds). Metal Contaminations from a Small Arms Firing Range (L.A. Karr, D. Flynn, T. Smithrawecki, D. Mouat, and T. Cameron). Microbial Resistance to Arsenic (K.D. Huysmans and W.T. Frankenberger, Jr.). Transport and Retention of Solutes in Soils; Multireaction and Multicomponent Models (H.M. Selim). Heavy Metal Retention in Soils: Application of Multisite Models to Zinc Sorption (C. Hinz, B. Buchter, and H.M. Selim). Solubility and Numerical Simulation of the Dynamics of Some Heavy Metals in a Polluted Soil-A Case Study (F.A. Swartjes, M. Rengar, and G. Wessolek). Predicting the Effect of Influent Acidity Upon Ion Transport in Acid Sandy Soil (L.A. Gaston, R.S. Mansell, and H.M. Selim). The Chemical Stabilization of Metal-Contaminated Sandblasting Grit: The Importance of the Physiocochemical Form of the Metal Contaminants (J.L. Means, G.L. Headington, J.C. Heath, and W.I. McLaughlin).Index.

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