Transporte Multicomponente do 226Ra Presente no Fosfogesso Através de sua Aplicação no Solo do Cerrado Brasileiro

Márcia Salamoni Batalha, Camila Rosa Bezerra, Maria Claudia Barbosa, Diederik Jacques, Elizabeth May Pontedeiro, Martinus Theodorus van Genuchten

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    Abstract

    Phosphogysums is a byproduct from production of inorganic P-fertilizer production. 226Ra is a constituent of phophogypsum. This study examines the transport of 226Ra through a typical soil from the Brazilian Cerrado used in agriculture when phosogypsum is applied. Reactive transport modeling with HP1 is used to assess the environmental risk associated with long time phosogypsum applications. An anylysis is done under different flow conditions (steady-state or transient). HP1 was used to evaluate the influence of Ca on the transport of Ra. For 27 years of application of phosphogypsum, radium remained almost entirely in the first 40 cm of soil with only very low concentrations in the soil water. Finally, it was observed that an increase in calcium concentration leads to an increase Ra concentration in the ground water.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings REGEO/Geossinteticos 2011: VII Congresso Brasileiro de Geotecnia Ambiental e VI Simpósio Brasileiro de Geossintéticos (on CD)
    Place of PublicationBrazil
    Pages1-8
    StatePublished - Nov 2011
    EventREGEO/Geossinteticos 2011: VII Congresso Brasileiro de Geotecnia Ambiental e VI Simpósio Brasileiro de Geossintéticos - Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte
    Duration: 21 Nov 201124 Nov 2011

    Conference

    ConferenceREGEO/Geossinteticos 2011: VII Congresso Brasileiro de Geotecnia Ambiental e VI Simpósio Brasileiro de Geossintéticos
    Country/TerritoryBrazil
    CityBelo Horizonte
    Period2011-11-212011-11-24

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