title: Synthesis of hydroxy sodalite from coal fly ash using waste industrial brine solution.
abstract: The effect of using industrial waste brine solution instead of ultra pure water was investigated during the synthesis of zeolites using three South African coal fly ashes as Si feedstock. The high halide brine was obtained from the retentate effluent of a reverse osmosis mine water treatment plant. Synthesis conditions applied were; ageing of fly ash was at 47 ° C for 48 hours, and while the hydrothermal treatment temperature was set at 140 ° C for 48 hours. The use of brine as a solvent resulted in the formation of hydroxy sodalite zeolite although unconverted mullite and hematite from the fly ash feedstock was also found in the synthesis product.
authors.affiliation: Environmental and Nano Science Research Group, Department of Chemistry, University of the Western Cape, Bellville , South Africa. nmusyoka@uwc.ac.za
authors.forename: Nicholas M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Musyoka
authors.forename: Leslie F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Petrik
authors.forename: Gillian
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Balfour
authors.forename: Wilson M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Gitari
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hums
mesh_terms: D060729:Coal Ash / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D007220:Industrial Waste / Q000032:analysis; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000032:analysis; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D010087:Oxides / Q000032:analysis; D011210:Power Plants; D059027:Recycling / Q000379:methods; D012492:Salts / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D013019:South Africa; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction; D017641:Zeolites / Q000032:analysis / Q000138:chemical synthesis*
chemical_list: D060729:Coal Ash; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D007220:Industrial Waste; D019216:Metals, Heavy; D010087:Oxides; D012492:Salts; C017082:brine; D017641:Zeolites