TY - CONF A1 - Kalbe, Ute A1 - Vogel, Christian A1 - Simon, Franz-Georg T1 - Antimony in incineration bottom ash – Leaching behavior and conclusions for treatment processes T2 - SUM 2020 Proceedings N2 - Antimony (Sb) is used in industrial products mainly as flame retardant in plastic material. Due to such additives in plastics, about a half of Sb ends up in municipal solid waste incineration at the end-of-life and consequently in relevant amounts in the generated bottom ash. In contact with water, the initial leachability is low, as antimonates form sparingly soluble compounds with Ca2+. Following the carbonation of the incineration bottom ash (IBA) during the proceeding ageing the pH in the leachates decreases. With decreasing concentration of Ca in the eluate the solution equilibrium changes and antimonates dissolve. In Germany it is intended to regulate Sb in IBA with the planned implementation of the so called Mantelverordnung (MantelVO, containing provisions on the utilisation of mineral waste) in the near future. The limit values set in the draft might be critical for IBA and therefore pose a risk for the utilisation of the mineral fraction of IBA in the well-established recycling routes. T2 - SUM 2020 – 5th Symposium on Urban Mining and Circular Economy CY - Online meeting DA - 18.11.2020 KW - Bottom ash KW - Leaching KW - Antimony PY - 2020 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-bam/frontdoor/index/index/docId/51622 AN - OPUS4-51622 SP - 1 EP - 4 AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany