Investigation of Ferrous Conglomerate Particles Found in Carwash Slurry and Their Environmental Implications

Simona-Elena  AVRAM; Miuța Rafila  FILIP; Lucian  BARBU-TUDORAN; Gheorghe  BORODI; Ioan  PETEAN

doi:10.24193/subbchem.2023.4.05

Investigation of Ferrous Conglomerate Particles Found in Carwash Slurry and Their Environmental Implications

Authors

Simona-Elena AVRAM Faculty of Materials and Environmental Engineering, Technical University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Corresponding author: ioan.petean@ubbcluj.ro. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2222-9397
Miuța Rafila FILIP Raluca Ripan Institute for Researh in Chemistry, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: filip.miuta@ubbcluj.ro. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6536-7696
Lucian BARBU-TUDORAN Electron Microcopy Center, Faculty of Biology and Geology, Babes-Bolyai University; Integrated Electron Microscopy Laboratory, National Research and Development Institute for Isotopic and Molecular Technologies, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: mailto:lucian.barbu@ubbcluj.ro. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0360-016X
Gheorghe BORODI Department of Molecular and Biomolecular Service, National Institute for Research and Development for Isotopic and Molecular Technologies, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: borodi@itim-cj.ro. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4915-4169
Ioan PETEAN Research Center of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: ipetean@chem.ubbcluj.ro. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3274-8817

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbchem.2023.4.05

Keywords:

Particulate Matters, ferrous conglomerate, environment

Abstract

Ferrous particles are usually found in atmospheric particulate matters due to the cars chassis oxidation. These particles are able forming conglomerates with the other mineral particles. Thus, the investigated carwash slurry (CS) reveals a high mineralized composition dominated by Quartz, Calcite and clay minerals with significant amount of iron hydroxides. We found some unusual bigger particles of ferrous conglomerate (FC) into the CS sample. XRD and mineralogical microscopy (MOM) reveal that FC sample is formed by a nanostructured mixture of 56 wt.% Calcite and 44 wt.% Goethite. SEM images and EDS spectra reveal submicron particles within the FC structure with a dense mixture of Ca and Fe. FTIR investigation reveal strong absorption bands for goethite and very weak ones for Lepidocrocite within the FC sample. The results indicates that the conglomerate weas formed on the car chassis rust by wet partial dissolution of calcite that locally forms Ca(OH)₂ which further is re-crystallized as calcite due to the CO₂ from the combustion gases. Fine crystallites of iron hydroxides are embedded into the re-crystallized calcite. In conclusion, the magnetic selection is recommended for the ferrous conglomerate particles removal from CS to be used as natural coverage for of urban dump sites rehabilitation.

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2023-12-20

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AVRAM, S.-E. ., FILIP, M. R. ., BARBU-TUDORAN, L. ., BORODI, G. ., & PETEAN, I. . (2023). Investigation of Ferrous Conglomerate Particles Found in Carwash Slurry and Their Environmental Implications. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Chemia, 68(4), 57–70. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbchem.2023.4.05