Chemistry and Mineralogy of Industrial Residues
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (27 January 2023) | Viewed by 2875
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The transition to a green economy cannot ignore the fact that any form of economic development relies on actual materials. Materials are at the basis of any industry, and their lifecycle plays a significant role in economic assessments. Within a material’s cycle, industrial residues are unavoidable and most often undesired byproducts. These are critical in several ways, such as their toxic potential and the need for their adequate disposal. Nevertheless, efforts are ongoing to identify ways we can exploit these byproducts by reusing and recycling them. However, in order to achieve this, we must first achieve full knowledge of the chemistry and reactivity of industrial waste. The process of acquiring this necessary knowledge begins with the characterization of their constituents, which in most cases do have a natural mineralogical counterpart. In this Special Issue, we aim to collect contributions, especially reviews of the present state of the art in the chemical composition and reactions of industrial residues, spanning from the characterization and analytic techniques of investigation to reuse and recycling and toxicology matters. The main focus is applied sciences, but basic investigations of the chemical, structural, and thermodynamic behavior of minerals in industrial residues are welcomed.
Prof. Dr. Mario Tribaudino
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- industrial materials
- mineralogical constitution
- reactivity
- recycling
- remediation
- bottom and fly ashes
- metal recovery
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