INVESTIGADORES
CANDAL Roberto Jorge
artículos
Título:
Acid drainage and metal bioleaching by redox potencial changes in heavy polluted fluvial sediments
Autor/es:
NATALIA PORZIONATO; MARIANGELES MELLOTA; ROBERTO CANDAL; GUSTAVO CURUTCHET
Revista:
Advanced Materials Research
Editorial:
Trans Tech Publications
Referencias:
Año: 2013 vol. 825 p. 496 - 499
ISSN:
1662-8985
Resumen:
Sediments from polluted urban streams act as a sink of contaminants. The high content of organic matter and sulphides makes the system appropriate for binding heavy metals. However, changes in the redox potential leads to processes in which sediments acts like a low sulphidic ore in an oxidizing environment, and could generate acid drainages. Human and not human disturbances of the sediments could derive in its oxidation catalyzed by sulphur oxidizing bacteria (SOB). This process leads to acidification and metal release. In this study we analyze the acidification potential of anaerobic sediments of polluted streams near Buenos Aires with static and kinetic methods. The results remark the necessity to consider this process before any sediment management action.