Red mud a by product of aluminum production causes DNA damage in higher plants • We showed that this effect is caused by vanadate a known carcinogenic genotoxin • Vanadate is contained in high concentrations in the residue • Release of red mud may cause adverse effects in ecosystems and affect human health 1 Introduction
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Get PriceThe red mud disaster of Kolontar and Devecser is considered to be one of the greatest ecological catastrophies of Hungary The western dam of a toxic red sludge reservoir located at Ajka ruptured on October 4 2024 Red sludge or mud is a byproduct of refining bauxite into alumina which took place at an alumina plant run by the Hungarian
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Get PriceRed Mud is produced during the Bayer process for alumina production It is the insoluble product after bauxite digestion with sodium hydroxide at elevated temperature and pressure It is a mixture of compounds originally present in the parent mineral bauxite and of compounds formed or introduced during the Bayer cycle
Get PriceIntroduction Red mud is an insoluble industrial solid waste from aluminum production plants Luo et al 2024 It is estimated that the total stockpile of red mud across the world is more than 3 billion tons and about 120 million tons of red mud are produced around the world per year the comprehensive utilization of red mud is a worldwide problem Bai et al 2017a Zhu et al 2024
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Get PriceAbstract Aluminum Al is mostly produced from bauxite ore which contains up to 70% of Al 2 O 3 alumina Before alumina is refined to aluminum metal it is purified by hot alkaline extraction As a waste by product red mud is formed Due to its high alkalinity and large quantities it represents a severe disposal problem
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Get PriceThe red mud is considered toxic primarily due to its high alkaline content and presence of heavy metals As red mud is generated by chemical extraction of alumina from bauxite it has typically twice the concentration of natural radio nuclides found in bauxite
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Get PriceAn aerial view of the broken dyke of a reservoir containing red mud of an alumina factory near Ajka Hungary on October 8 2024 four days after the dike broke covered by toxic red mud 164
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Get PriceThere is a lot of variation in bauxites Structurally they can be solid and dense or crumbly The usual colour is brick red flaming red or brown because of iron oxide If iron content is low bauxite can be grey or white But yellow dark green and even multi coloured bauxites with bluish purple red and black strains occur too
Get PriceRed mud RM is a by product of extracting of alumina from bauxite Red mud contains high quantities of alkali generating minerals and metal ions which can cause significant environmental damage Many valuable components such as rare earth elements Al and Fe in RM are difficult to be utilized owing to their particle size and alkalinity
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Get PriceIt was named after the consistency and distinctive reddish colour of the sludge the latter feature being caused by the iron oxide content of bauxite Similarly to iron oxide red mud contains a large 3% to 50% proportion of amorphous silicon dioxide SiO2 and 10% to 20% aluminum oxide Al2O3
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