The Effect of Zeolite and TSP on Speciation of Pb, Zn and Cd in Mine Waste

With increasing population, Mine activities for metal proceeding are also increasing, so environment will be influenced by contaminant especially heavy metals. In situ immobilization of heavy metals using inexpensive amendments is considered as a simple and cost-effective approach for reducing heavy metal contamination. In this research we used sequential extraction for assessing reduction in availability of heavy metal in lead and zinc mine waste (bama mine around Isfahan). The effects of chemical amendments consist of 3 level of Zeolite 0 (Z1), 5% (Z2) and 10% (Z3) and 3 level of Triple Super Phosphate 0 (P1), 0.25% (P2) and 0.5% (P3) on speciation of Pb, Zn and Cd was investigated by sequential extraction based on tesier method. Total concentration of Pb, Zn and Cd were 2300, 16500 and 27.4 mgkg-1 d.m. Result showed that TSP transform heavy metal specially Pb from exchangeable and carbonate fractions to residual and organic, sulfides fractions. Zeolite also transformed Pb and Zn from carbonate fraction to residual fraction. But eth effect of phosphorous was superior to zeolite. There was no interaction between Zeolite and TSP.