Resistance of Fe–Ni–Co Arsenides under Oxidizing Conditions, Schlema–Alberoda Deposit, Saxony, Germany

Abstract

The results of experimental modeling of the arsenic transition from natural arsenides to mobile oxidized species in the near-surface environment are discussed. The experiment has been carried out with the samples collected from the dump of the Schlema-Alberoda deposit. Arsenides (safflorite, löllingite, nickeline, rammelsbergite) have been dissolved in acidic and near-neutral oxidative media for a month. As a result, the new data on arsenic leaching capability in order to form new phases (annabergite, scorodite, and iron hydroxides) have been obtained.