Spent second stage natural gas reforming catalysts type G-0110. Environmental risk assessment related to their storage

The spent Ni catalyst from the 2nd stage steam reforming and the catalyst previously leached with 3 mol/L HCl were sequential extd. to det. the content of Ni, Co, Cd, Cr, Pb and Mn and to det. the form in which they occur. The metal content in the solns. was detd. by atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS or GFAAS), and in the catalysts by Xray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray photoelectron spectrometry (XPS). Sequential extn. allowed to ext. significant amts. of Ni contained in the catalyst. Leaching of the catalyst with 3 mol/L HCl led to a redn. in the total content of all tested elements in the material. The highest degree of leaching was found for Ni (98.4%), and the lowest for Pb (20.7%) and Cd (17.1%).