This proceedings volume addresses current advances and techniques in characterizing materials that have a bearing on environmental problems and factors that must be considered when solving these problems. In particular, materials (especially arsenic-bearing phases) in tailings, metallurgical residues, slags, smelter dusts and products have been characterized. The application of metal speciation to remediate problems that have been produced by improper storage and fingerprinting the source of material for litigation procedures are discussed. Regulations for recycling materials are reviewed. Recycling studies in the aluminum industry and research on recycling materials for the cement industry are reported.
The 12 papers are organized into three chapters: metal speciation, characterization of products from mining and metallurgy, and recycling, characterization, and treatment of waste materials.
The book is indexed.
