title: Industrial sludge solidification by using clinoptilolite.
abstract: The sludge from metal plating industry is generally considered as "hazardous waste" due to its toxic heavy metal content. Solidification/stabilization techniques which are applied as prior to landfill give good results for the disposal of especially inorganic sludges into the landfill in a safe manner. The research is aimed to investigate an effective and low cost solidification technique for the sludge of a metal plating factory by using different particle sizes of clinoptilolite. Clinoptilolite is a kind of natural zeolite and it was used due to its good pozzolanic characteristic and its abundant reserves in Turkey. According to the results, clinoptilolite was found as a successful solidification additive yielding products with high unconfined compressive strength and low leaching.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Environmental Sciences, Boğaziçi University, Bebek, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Balkan
authors.forename: Günay
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kocasoy
mesh_terms: D019245:Compressive Strength; D003363:Cost Control; D006256:Hazardous Waste; D007220:Industrial Waste; D008669:Metallurgy; D010316:Particle Size; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000379:methods*; D017641:Zeolites / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D006256:Hazardous Waste; D007220:Industrial Waste; C083175:clinoptilolite; D017641:Zeolites