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Gypsum: an old product with a new use - Iowa State University

Gypsum is a fertilizer product and supplies the crop-available form of calcium (Ca 2 +) and sulfur (SO 4 2-). If these forms are deficient in soil, then crop productivity will benefit if gypsum is applied. This is a big "if" for Iowa soils. Research has not shown deficiency of Ca and normally any potential problem with low Ca levels is taken ...

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Phosphogypsum (PG): Uses and Current Handling Practices ... - Parlimen

Phosphogypsum in the agricultural sector. (mSv/a) (modelled) o to 2 years 2 to 7 years 7 to 12 years 12 to 17 years Adults Phosphogypsum in Agriculture 0.0066 0.0047 0.0056 0.0086 0.0031 Road Construction Total annual effective dose to the members of the public and workers due to the application of Phosphogypsum in the Road construction (mSv/a ...

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Phosphogypsum: potential uses and problems â a review - AGRIS

Phosphogypsum (PG: CaSO â ·2H â O) is a waste product generated by the phosphate industry. World production of this waste exceeds 200 million tonnes per year. PG, discharged into the sea, watercourses or in wilderness stocks, contains toxic elements harmful to ecosystems and human health, including heavy metals and radionuclides, and there ...

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Phosphogypsum Processing for Rare Earths Recovery—A Review

1. Introduction. As a by-product from the phosphate fertilizer industry phosphogypsum (PG) mainly contains gypsum (CaSO 4 ·2H 2 O) and also notable levels of impurities originating from the source phosphate rock such as Sr, Ba, Si, P, Fe, Al, Ti, U, and Th etc., as well as rare earth elements (REEs). PG had been found to be potential in agricultural use (three of the essential elements for ...

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TFI Statement on EPA Phosphogypsum Decision - American Plant Food

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision on June 30th to withdraw on procedural grounds its October 2020 approval of the limited use of phosphogypsum (PG) in road construction is disappointing and inconsistent with the Agency's prior interpretation of its regulations.

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The application of phosphogypsum in agriculture and the radiological ...

This radionuclide in soil tilled with phosphogypsum used for agricultural purposes varied from 50 to 479 Bq kg (-1) (average 205 Bq kg (-1)), while in the regular soil of cultivated fields it varied from 37 to 54 Bq kg (-1) (average 48 Bq kg (-1)).

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Phosphogypsum Processing to Critical Raw Materials — ERA-LEARN

The objective of the project "Phosphogypsum Processing to Critical Raw Materials" (PG2CRM) is to further develop an innovative process for REE recovery from PG that has recently been patented by the coordinator from TRL 4-5 (lab-scale experiments) which is the current state to TRL 7-8 (continues pilot plant operation).

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A phosphogypsum‐based road material with enhanced mechanical properties ...

An integrated approach for sustainable use of phosphogypsum (PG) byproducts as road materials was developed. For the purpose of this study, several formulations of PG-based material have been performed to evaluate its potential application for road base layers. Physico-chemical properties, mechanical strengths and environmental aspects were ...

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КОМПЛЕКСНЫЙ ПОДХОД К УТИЛИЗАЦИИ ТЕХНОГЕННЫХ ОТХОДОВ МИНЕРАЛЬНОСЫРЬЕВОГО ...

The complex of methods used includes patent information analysis of the issue, laboratory methods for studying the composition and properties of waste, as well as experimental studies of the phosphogypsum processing using equipment from an accredited laboratory of the Collective Use Center of the St. Petersburg Mining University.

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BENEFICIATION OF PHOSPHOGYPSUM | Council of Scientific & Industrial ...

Substitute for high purity natural gypsum, suitable for plaster & plaster products. Beneficiation is done by solubilization of impurities and rejection of coarse fractions retained over 300 microns sieve during wet sieving operation, followed by centrifuging and drying of the product as per IS:12679-1989. Know-how available for commercialization.

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The determination of appropriate phosphogypsum: Class C fly ash ...

THE DETERMINATION OF APPROPRIATE PHOSPHOGYPSUM:CLASS C FLY ASH:PORTLAND TYPE II CEMENT COMPOSITIONS FOR USE IN MARINE APPLICATIONS . A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the

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Phosphogypsum - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics

In the Cerrado region of Brazil, phosphogypsum has been used as a soil amendment for many years to neutralize subsoil acidity. The criteria to recommend its application is based on % aluminum (Al) saturation and/or exchangeable Ca content of the soil and rates are calculated based on the clay content of the subsoil ( Caires and Guimarães, 2018 ).

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EPA approves using radioactive fertilizer waste as road material

In Florida, phosphogypsum is stored in remote, mountainous piles called "stacks." These stacks rise up to 200 feet and span hundreds of acres, each with a lake of contaminated, radioactive ...

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EPA Eyes Stricter Phosphogypsum Rule | Chemical Processing

Petitioners also requested that EPA issue a TSCA Section 4 test rule for disposed phosphogypsum as well as a significant new use rule (SNUR) under TSCA Section 5 for phosphogypsum used in road construction, effectively prohibiting that use. The EPA has 90 days from the filing date to grant or deny the petition.

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Radioactive Material From Fertilizer Production | US EPA

Nov 30, 2021The EPA has regulated phosphogypsum since 1989. The EPA requires phosphogypsum to be placed in stacks. All uses of phosphogypsum waste have been banned unless the waste has very little radioactivity. TENORM: Fertilizer and Fertilizer Production Wastes This webpage provides information on fertilizer and fertilizer production wastes.

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PAPER OPEN ACCESS Related content Energy-efficient unburned ...

Phospho-gypsum is a large-capacity waste for producing sulfuric acid. Despite the considerable amount of researches on the utilization of phospho-gypsum, only 0.3 million tons or 1.5% from its 20 million tons produced annually, find use, the rest is removed from the territory of enterprises as waste,

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Phosphogypsum Utilisation - International Fertiliser Society

In the second place, phosphogypsum can only to a limited extent be used in building products, because it is slightly radioactive. Finally, the fact that phosphogypsum is contaminated with heavy metals, in particular cadmium, on a ppm level, means that disposal, or utilization in roadworks, might require safety measures.

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The treatment of phosphogypsum with zeolite to use it in binding material

Recycling of by-product is one of the effective solutions of its disposal problem. The paper describes an investigation of the hydration behavior of a phosphogypsum with zeolite (hydrosodalite) addition using ultrasound treatment. Two ultrasound treatment durations: 0.5â ¯min and 2â ¯min were used. It was found that hydrosodalite is an ...

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Anhydrite Binder Calcined From Phosphogypsum

phosphogypsum, which enables effectively the use of this material in the manufacture of binding materials [8, 9]. A possibility to use an unwashed, waste phosphogypsum neutralized by lime-dihydrate calcium sulphate in order to obtain an anhydrite binding material was determined in [6]. Different authors have suggested different tempe-

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Phosphogypsum Core Principles of Management and Use - YouTube

June 30 2020Phosphogypsum (also referred to as PG) is gypsum which is created during the production of phosphorus fertilizer. This by-product is increasingly...

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India - Gypsum demand and supply - Cement Lime Gypsum - ZKG

India is depleting the mineable gypsum, but has total recoverable ­cement and plaster grade gypsum reserves of 54 million tons of gypsum (as per 2005). The majority of this is located in ­Rajasthan (over 97 % of the total reserves). India produced around 16 million tons of gypsum during 2006-2010, an average of around 3-3.5 million t/a.

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Mobility and Bioavailability of Technetium in Rice Paddy Fields

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical Information

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Potential use of phosphogypsum in paving blocks | Green Materials

Sep 13, 2021The phosphoric acid (P 2 O 5) industry is responsible for releasing huge amounts of phosphogypsum (PG). Phosphoric acid, widely used in fertilizer, pharmaceutical and detergent industries and for other uses, is obtained by a wet process of transforming natural phosphate ore using sulfuric acid at 70-80°C following the chemical reaction 1

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Feasability Analysis: A Comparison of Phosphogysum and Uranium Mill ...

The use of the terms extraction, beneficiation or ... This report presents the findings and results of a comparative evaluation of evolving phosphogypsum management practices in Florida and waste unit designs required by the Uranium Mill Tailing Reclamation Act. The purpose of this analysis is to determine the design specifications of large

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Chemical treatment of phosphogypsum and its potential ... - ScienceDirect

The results for the untreated gypsum revealed that phosphogypsum used in this study was radioactive and laden with radionuclides such as 210 Pb, 214 Pb, 214 Bi, 226 Ra, 208 Tl, 228 Ac, 40 K. The best leaching reagent was found to be 0.5 M citric acid as it reduced the relative proportion of contaminants contained in the material.

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BR98I1331 Problems and Possible Remedies Concerning NORM in By-Product ...

Location of phosphogypsum stacks within Florida. Analyses of samples from most of these stacks have been reported in Burnett et al. (1995a) and Hull and Burnett (1996). Although phosphogypsum is used in some countries for production of cement and other construction materials, its commercial use in the U.S. is currently limited to small ...

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Phosphogypsum waste as additives to lime stabilization of bentonite ...

Phosphogypsum (PG), produced from phosphoric acid production, consists mainly of CaSO 4 ·2H 2 O and some impurities such as P 2 O 5, F −, and organic substances.Many phosphate fertilizer-producing countries face problems of PG waste with the high waste yield (5 kg PG generated 1 kg of phosphoric acid produced) [].The annual world production of PG has been estimated to be around 200-300 Mt [].

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Composite Building Materials with the Use of Phosphogypsum

Nowadays waste dumps of phosphogypsum take about 1500 hectares of fertile land and amount to 300 mln tonnes. Existing methods of processing are too labour-and energy-consuming, what didn't lead to widespread use of phosphogypsum. Phosphogypsum waste continue to be stored in waste dumps, disperse on the wind and create ecological problem in the regions of storage.

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An efficient methodology to use hydrolysate of phosphogypsum ... - USDA

There is an urgent need to find new, improved ways to reduce CO₂ emissions and treat phosphogypsum (PG) waste. This research proposes an energy-efficient methodology for the production of pure calcium carbonate and CO₂ mineral sequestration (CMS) by hydrolysate of PG decomposition products. The technical feasibility of this process and the ...

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Phospho Gypsum Market Business overview 2022, and Forecast to 2030 | By ...

The worldwide Phospho Gypsum Market is expected to grow at a booming CAGR of 2022-2030, rising from USD billion in 2021 to USD billion in 2028.

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Recycle and Rebuild | Phosphogypsum Uses | Gypsum Stacks | Phosphate ...

Productive use of PG guarantees an essential domestic industry's future, and provides employment to thousands of Americans. When we use PG, we bolster our economy and in the process, support a cleaner environment. Globally, up to 35 million tons of PG is put to productive use each year without causing harm to people or the environment.

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Phosphogypsum Stacks | Gypsum Mines | Map Locations | Phosphate Innovation

Phosphogypsum, or PG for short, is calcium sulfate, a product created during the phosphate manufacturing process. For every ton of phosphorus produced, approximately five tons of PG is made. PG is a durable product and its stacked while wet and later hardens to hold its shape. In the US, PG use has been limited to certain agricultural ...

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Potential use of phosphogypsum in paving blocks | Green Materials

The present work aims to contribute to finding more recycling routes for phosphogypsum (PG) and its potential uptake in the material construction industry as paving blocks. Laboratory testing was conducted to formulate mixes using PG as fine sand replacement. An optimal 20% substitution rate was proved. Industrially processed paving blocks were made for high-quality experimental investigation ...

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eCFR :: 40 CFR 61.206 -- Distribution and use of phosphogypsum for ...

(c) The Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation may decide to grant a request that EPA approve distribution and/or use of phosphogypsum if he determines that the proposed distribution and/or use is at lease as protective of public health, in both the short term and the long term, as disposal of phosphogypsum in a stack or a mine.

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Phosphogypsum Factsheet - Biological Diversity

2. Regulate the safe treatment, storage and disposal of phosphogypsum as hazardous waste; 3. Designate phosphogypsum a high-priority substance for risk evaluation; 4. Require manufacturers to conduct testing on phosphogypsum and process wastewater; and 5. Determine that the use of phosphogypsum in road construction is a significant new use that

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Radiochemical Characterization of Phosphogypsum for Engineering Use ...

The new phosphogypsum (PG) waste management policy allowed to reduce the negative environmental impact of this residue by finding better alternatives uses with an extremely limited radiological impact. Building material could be one of these alternatives that could lead to the production of final products with good mechanical properties and very limited radionuclides content.

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phosphogypsum - Wiktionary

(inorganic chemistry) A form of gypsum (calcium sulfate) formed as a by-product in the manufacture of phosphate fertilizers

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Assessment of Phosphogypsum as a Constituent of Aggregate Material

use the phosphogypsum in these applica­ tions. Wheelock (7) reported on the man­ ufacture of sulfuric acid made from phos­ phogypsum. Another use for phosphogypsum is in road construction, especially with lime and fly ash. Fly ash has been ex­ tensively used as a construction mate­ rial. Hester (8) gave construction and

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EPA: Never Mind On Using Radioactive Gypsum Waste For Road Construction

A phosphate mine in Soda Springs, Idaho. President Joe Biden's Environmental Protection Agency has reversed the agency's approval to add radioactive phosphogypsum wastes to materials used by ...

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Applied Sciences | Free Full-Text | Optimization and Hydration ...

Ecological ternary cements (ECP) were prepared with powders of phosphogypsum (PG), fly ash (FA) and Portland cement (PC). The evolution mechanism of the hydration product structure was characterized through macro and micro experiments. The thermodynamic characteristics of the solid phase, solid solution phase and aqueous solution in the process of hydration about the phosphogypsum-fly ...

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