Pb-rich slags, minerals, and pollution resulted from a medieval Ag-Pb smelting and mining operation in the Silesian-Cracovian region (southern Poland)

J Cabała, R Warchulski, D Rozmus, D Środek… - Minerals, 2019 - mdpi.com
Since the 12th century in the Silesian-Cracovian area, lead, litharge, and silver have been
produced by the pyrometallurgical processing of Pb-Ag-Zn ore. Slags and soils …

Studies of technogenic soils in Poland: past, present, and future perspectives

Ł Uzarowicz, P Charzyński, A Greinert, P Hulisz… - 2021 - repozytorium.umk.pl
For a long time, the soils covering areas strongly transformed by human were ignored in
scientifi c discourse. Also, practice did not care much about these soils because of their …

Current state of the gold mining waste from the ores of the Ursk Deposit (Western Siberia, Russia)

N Yurkevich, P Osipova, L Tsibizov, E Tsibizova… - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The article presents the original results of the investigation of sulfide-bearing mine tailings
dumps (Ursk, Western Siberia, Russia), the adjacent territory, and acid mine drainage flows …

Experimental simulations of ZnPb slag weathering and its impact on the environment: Effects of acid rain, soil solution, and microbial activity

R Tyszka, A Pietranik, A Potysz, J Kierczak… - Journal of Geochemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Slag heaps are far from stable and evolve continuously from the time they are deposited. In
the studied site (Świętochłowice, Upper Silesian Industrial Region, Poland), the major …

Geochemistry and mineralogy of slags

NM Piatak, V Ettler, D Hoppe - 2021 - books.rsc.org
Slags are a by-product in extractive pyrometallurgical operations that have been considered
as an environmental contaminant, an inert material, and a valuable resource. Historically …

Reconstruction of 16th–17th century lead smelting processes on the basis of slag properties: A case study from Sławków, Poland

R Warchulski, M Szczuka, K Kupczak - Minerals, 2020 - mdpi.com
The study focuses on the reconstruction of the technological process in the 16th–17th
century lead smelter in Sławków based on chemical and petrographic analyzes of slags …

Complete reconstruction of the process and conditions during gold smelting in the 15th–17th centuries in Złoty Stok based on metallurgical slags

R Warchulski, K Kupczak, A Gawęda, R Sitko - Archaeometry, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This study presents the first complete reconstruction of gold metallurgy in Złoty Stok, Poland.
The key parameters of the process (ie, temperature of smelting and solidification, melt …

Reconstruction of smelting conditions during 16th‐to 18th‐century copper ore processing in the Kielce region (Old Polish Industrial District) based on slags from …

K Kupczak, R Warchulski, A Gawęda - Archaeometry, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This study presents the first reconstruction of the smelting conditions in 16th‐to 18th‐century
smelters from Miedziana Góra (Holy Cross Mountains, Poland). Based on geochemical …

Galvanic Cr-Zn and spent foundry sand waste application as valuable components of sustainable ceramics to prevent environment pollution

V Mymrin, SC Borgo, K Alekseev, MA Avanci… - … International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
The purpose of this study was to develop new composites of glass-ceramics from hazardous
Cr-Zn galvanic sludge (up to 30%), spent foundry sand (25%), glass rejects from metal …

Chemical and phase reactions on the contact between refractory materials and slags, a case from the 19th century Zn-Pb smelter in Ruda Śląska, Poland

K Kupczak, R Warchulski, M Dulski, D Środek - Minerals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Slags from the historic metallurgy of Zn-Pb ores are known for unique chemical and phase
compositions. The oxides, silicates, aluminosilicates, and amorphous phases present …