Combined approach for assessing metal (loid) s leaching, mobility and accumulation in a specific near-neutral (pH) environment of a former Cu-smelting area in the …

K Derkowska, J Kierczak, A Potysz, A Pietranik… - Applied …, 2023 - Elsevier
Topsoils, soil profiles, water, and stream sediments as well as slags and rocks were
analyzed to assess the extent and severity of environmental pollution resulting from …

Mineralogical Characterization of Historic Copper Slag to Guide the Recovery of Valuable Metals: A Namibian Case Study

G Dzinomwa, B Mapani, T Nghipulile, K Maweja… - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
The depletion of the ore reserves in the world necessitates the search for secondary sources
such as waste products (tailings and slag). The treatment and cleaning up of such …

SLAG—software for reconstruction of historical smelting processes based on slag properties

K Kupczak, R Warchulski - Archaeometry, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The publication presents the functions of the SLAG software created to recreate historical
metallurgical processes. SLAG allows for determining the smelting temperature, the viscosity …

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 …

Question of local exploitation of copper ore deposits in the Urnfield time in Poland

K Nowak, T Stolarczyk, Z Stos-Gale, J Baron… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Despite rich deposits of copper in SW Poland, their exploitation in prehistory has not been
confirmed, and in the literature it is usually argued that raw materials processed in the …

Origin of Historical Ba-Rich Slags Related to Pb-Ag Production from Jihlava Ore District (Czech Republic)

J Kapusta, Z Dolníček, O Sracek, K Malý - Minerals, 2022 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study was to characterize historical slags which originated during silver
production from the Jihlava ore district, Czech Republic. The area was among the head …

Potentially Harmful Elements (As, Sb, Cd, Pb) in Soil Polluted by Historical Smelting Operation in the Upper Silesian Area (Southern Poland)

W Nadłonek, J Cabała, K Szopa - Minerals, 2024 - mdpi.com
This study aimed at determining the concentration and possibility of migration of potentially
harmful elements (PHEs) in soils and mining and metallurgical waste in the Silesian-Cracow …

Bloomery iron production in the Holy Cross Mountains (Poland) area during the Roman period: conditions during the metallurgical process and their uniformity …

K Kupczak, R Warchulski, A Gawęda, J Janiec - Heritage Science, 2024 - Springer
The study assessed the uniformity of the metallurgical process carried out during the period
of Roman influence in Poland. The age of the investigated material was confirmed based on …

The use of predominance area diagrams (PAD) to determine the oxygen and sulfur fugacities prevailing during historical metallurgical processes: the case of fifteenth …

K Kupczak, R Warchulski, A Gawęda, M Ślęzak… - Heritage Science, 2024 - Springer
The study presents the first use of predominance area diagrams (PADs) to determine
oxidation–reduction conditions during reconstructing historical copper smelting processes …