Mineralogía y dinámica del arsénico en suelos de mina

  1. Salvadora Martínez-López 1
  2. Pedro Andreo-Martínez 1
  3. Carmen Pérez-Sirvent 1
  4. Maria Jose Martínez-Sánchez 1
  1. 1 Departamento de Química Agrícola, Geología y Edafología. Universidad de Murcia. Campus Mare Nostrum, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Revista:
Afinidad: Revista de química teórica y aplicada

ISSN: 0001-9704

Año de publicación: 2022

Volumen: 79

Número: 595

Páginas: 255-263

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: Afinidad: Revista de química teórica y aplicada

Resumen

El objetivo principal de este trabajo fue determinar la concentración y formas inorgánicas de arsénico presente en los suelos/sedimentos de la Sierra Minera de Cartagena- La Unión, así como establecer los procesos de alteración de los minerales a los que se encuentra asociado. Para las determinaciones de arsénico se utilizó la técnica de la espectrometría de fluorescencia atómica. Los resultados mostraron concentraciones de arsénico muy elevadas, en las proximidades de las zonas de acumulación de residuos mineros, siendo la forma predominante el As (V). Se obtuvo una buena correlación entre arsénico y hierro presente en estos suelos y también entre arsénico y algunos minerales (filosilicatos 14, yeso y hematites). Se concluye que los procesos de movilización y liberación de arsénico depende de los minerales presentes en el suelo.

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