Fractionation of heavy metals in liquefied chromated copper arsenate (CCA)-treated wood sludge using a modified BCR-sequential extraction procedure

Hui Pan; Chung Hse; Robert Gambrell; Todd F. Shupe

doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.07.037

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Fractionation of heavy metals in liquefied chromated copper arsenate (CCA)-treated wood sludge using a modified BCR-sequential extraction procedure

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Authors:

Hui Pan, Chung Hse, Robert Gambrell, Todd F. Shupe

Year:

2009

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.07.037

Source:

Chemosphere 77:201-206

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Abstract

Chromated copper arsenate (CCA)-treated wood was liquefied with polyethylene glycol/glycerin and sulfuric acid. After liquefaction, most CCA metals (98% As, 92% Cr, and 83% Cu) were removed from liquefied CCA-treated wood by precipitation with calcium hydroxide. The original CCA-treated wood and liquefied CCA-treated wood sludge were fractionated by a modified Community Bureau of Reference (BCR) sequential extraction procedure. The purpose of the BCR-sequential extraction used in this study was to examine the availability of CCA metals in treated wood for reuse. Both As and Cr had a slightly higher concentration in the sludge sample than in original CCA-treated wood. The sequential extraction showed that As and Cr were principally existed in an oxidizable fraction (As, 67%; Cr, 88%) in original CCA-treated wood. Only 1% of both As and Cr were extracted by hot nitric acid with the last extraction step. The distribution of As and Cr changed markedly in liquefied CCA-treated wood sludge.

Keywords

CCA-treated wood, liquefaction, metal fractionation, sequential extraction, metal recovery

Citation

Pan, Hui; Hse, Chung-Yun; Gambrell, Robert; Shupe, Todd F. 2009. Fractionation of heavy metals in liquefied chromated copper arsenate (CCA)-treated wood sludge using a modified BCR-sequential extraction procedure. Chemosphere 77:201-206.