Research Article
Laboratory Leaching Tests to Investigate Mobilisation and Recovery of Metals from Geothermal Reservoirs
Table 7
Concentration of the “at risk” elements in each leachate from the flow-through reaction.
| Element | Ag | Co | Ga | Mo | Sb | Sr | V | W | Total ‘at risk’ | Sample | PPB | PPB | PPB | PPB | PPB | PPB | PPB | PPB | PPB |
| HTL322 + DI water 1 | | 4.24 | | 0.6 | 19.45 | 844.57 | | 0.19 | 869.05 | HTL322 + DI water 2 | | 2.77 | | 0.6 | 15.81 | 660.15 | | 0.07 | 679.40 | HTL322 + DI water 3 | | 2.02 | | 0.5 | 65.22 | 489.79 | | 0.05 | 557.58 | HTL322 + 0.1 M acetic acid | | 0.81 | | 8.6 | 91.66 | 414.46 | | 0.23 | 515.76 | HTL324 + DI_water | 0.09 | 0.28 | | 3.8 | 18.75 | 377.31 | 0.3 | 1.06 | 401.59 | HTL324 + 0.1 M acetic acid | | | | | | 2837.00 | | | 2837.00 | HTL321 + DI_water | | | | | | 1526.00 | | | 1526.00 | HTL321 + 0.1 M acetic acid | | | | | | 1094.00 | | | 1094.00 | HTL315 + 0.1 M acetic acid | | 209.29 | | | | 8.38 | 10 | | 227.67 | HTL319 + 0.1 M acetic acid | 90 | 9.2927 | | | 440 | 95.15 | | 470 | 1104.45 | HTLMix + 0.1 M acetic acid | 20 | 94.967 | | | | 918.33 | | | 1033.30 |
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: concentration was under the detection limit. |