After acid treatment or bacterial organic acid treatment, what will be the particle morphology of the fly ash or other solid industrial wastes during heavy metal or PAH remediation? Does the particle size reduces due to withering effect of acid?
If there is any published literature, please provide me the same or the suggestions.
Thanks.
I have a good experience in fly ash treatment and heavy metal extraction. From my point of view the best way to convert the fly ash to sub-micron or nano size is by using attrition milling. In the following article you can find direct way to convert the fly ash to nano size.
Ghrair, A.M., Ingwersen, J., Streck, T. (2009): Nanoparticulate Zeolitic Tuff for Immobilizing Heavy Metals in Soil: Preparation and Characterization. Water, Air and Soil Pollution. 203 (1), 155-168.
Dear Dr. Ghrair,
Do you have any experience or literature on size reduction of particle by bacterial treatment? I have done one experiment and found that after bacterial treatment the particle size have been reduced to 40% from normal size but do not have any literature for supporting the experiment.
Thanks.
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