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Niedzbała N, Lorenc-Grabowska E, Rutkowski P, Chęcmanowski J, Szymczycha-Madeja A, Wełna M, Michalak I. Potential use of Ulva intestinalis-derived biochar adsorbing phosphate ions in the cultivation of winter wheat Tristicum aestivum. BIORESOUR BIOPROCESS 2024; 11:27. [PMID: 38647581 PMCID: PMC10992812 DOI: 10.1186/s40643-024-00741-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2023] [Accepted: 02/04/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024] Open
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In this work, the properties of biochar produced from green macroalga Ulva intestinalis by pyrolysis were studied at temperatures of 300, 500, and 700 °C. This biochar was characterized in terms of multielemental composition, BET surface area, total pore volume, and biosorption properties toward phosphate ions. Biochar produced at 700 °C-25 m2/g had the highest surface area. The kinetics and isotherms of sorption processes of phosphate ions as sorbate by these sorbents were investigated. Modified biochar was able to remove 84.3% of phosphate ions from wastewater, whereas non-modified biochar-only 40.6%. Hence, biochar enriched with phosphate ions can serve as a valuable soil amendment. Pot experiments performed on winter wheat (Triticum aestivum) with a 3% addition of dry Ulva intestinalis, pristine biochar, and Mg-modified biochar enriched with phosphate ions showed that these amendments stimulated plant growth (length and fresh weight of plants) as well as enlarging the chlorophyll content in leaves. Our results indicate that the production of biochar (pristine and Mg-impregnated) is a sustainable option to valorize the biomass of seaweeds, and to recycle phosphorus from wastewater.
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- Natalia Niedzbała
- Department of Advanced Material Technologies, Faculty of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wrocław, Poland.
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- Department of Process Engineering and Technology of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Faculty of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Process Engineering and Technology of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Faculty of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Advanced Material Technologies, Faculty of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Metallurgy, Faculty of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Metallurgy, Faculty of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Advanced Material Technologies, Faculty of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wrocław, Poland
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Heiskanen J, Ruhanen H, Aro L, Rautio P. Sidestream materials show potential as top-dressed soil improvers for peatland forests. J Environ Manage 2022; 319:115669. [PMID: 35982550 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2022] [Revised: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 07/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The effects of top-dressing of several industrial and farming sidestream materials on the growth of downy birch (Betula pubescens Ehrh.) and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) seedlings in natural sphagnum peat soil were evaluated. Wood fly ash, industrial filter cake waste, mine tailings sand (quartz feldspar from lithium orebody), and digestate and liquid reject of cow manure from a biogas plant were studied for their physical and chemical properties, as well as for their effects as soil ameliorants on seedling growth during one growing period in a greenhouse. Each material was top-dressed on unfertilised peat in pots in quantities that corresponded to the amounts of ash used in Finnish peatland forest fertilisation (2-6 t ha-1). During growing, the pH of percolate water from the growing pots was below 4, and in the treatments with filter cake even below 3. However, no clear impairment of seedling growth due to acidity was observed. In all treatments, birch and pine seedlings grew at least as well as in the unfertilised peat (control treatment). Growth was strongest in the peat top-dressed with additives originating from cow manure, in which the high N and P contents promoted growth so much that foliar N was found to be diluted with respect to a high P content in the birch seedlings. No harmful concentrations of heavy metal residues were observed from the materials used. Overall, the results suggest that all the used sidestream materials show potential as soil improvers on forested peatlands.
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- Juha Heiskanen
- Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Soil Ecosystems, Juntintie 154, FI-77600, Suonenjoki, Finland.
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- Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Experiment and Data Services, Juntintie 154, FI-77600, Suonenjoki, Finland
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- Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Carbon Cycle Management, Itäinen Pitkäkatu 4 A, FI-20520, Turku, Finland
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- Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Forest Management, Ounasjoentie 6, FI-96200, Rovaniemi, Finland
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Pędziwiatr A, Potysz A, Uzarowicz Ł. Combustion wastes from thermal power stations and household stoves: A comparison of properties, mineralogical and chemical composition, and element mobilization by water and fertilizers. Waste Manag 2021; 131:136-146. [PMID: 34120079 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2021.05.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2020] [Revised: 04/20/2021] [Accepted: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Wood and coal combustion generate wastes, which may negatively influence the environment. However, studies concerning coal combustion products serving as soil additives are currently in progress. Hence, this study was conducted to compare properties (mineralogy, metallic element content, and rare earth element content) of combustion wastes of different genesis (ash and soot after wood and coal combustion in households, ash from thermal power stations) and to assess possible risk posed to the soil environment when used as soil additive. This study demonstrated the diversity of chemical and mineralogical features of ashes of household genesis originating from thermal power stations. Ash from household stoves showed a higher concentration of metallic elements (i.e., Zn) compared to those originating from thermal power stations. Antimony (Sb) content in household ash can serve as an indicator of plastic (polyethylene) combustion, which is legally prohibited. Leaching tests using water and common mineral fertilizers showed that ammonium sulfate mobilizes metallic elements (Cu, Zn, Pb) more significantly than potassium nitrate or deionized water. The leaching of metallic elements from household stove's ash certainly excludes the possibility of applying the ash as a soil additive even when the ash contains a source of beneficial elements for plants (i.e., Ca).
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- Artur Pędziwiatr
- Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Institute of Agriculture, Department of Soil Science, Nowoursynowska St. 159 Building no 37, 02-776 Warszawa, Poland.
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- University of Wrocław, Institute of Geological Sciences, Cybulskiego St. 30, 50-205 Wrocław, Poland
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- Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Institute of Agriculture, Department of Soil Science, Nowoursynowska St. 159 Building no 37, 02-776 Warszawa, Poland
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Beckers F, Mothes S, Abrigata J, Zhao J, Gao Y, Rinklebe J. Mobilization of mercury species under dynamic laboratory redox conditions in a contaminated floodplain soil as affected by biochar and sugar beet factory lime. Sci Total Environ 2019; 672:604-617. [PMID: 30970288 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2018] [Revised: 03/21/2019] [Accepted: 03/25/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Mercury and its species are toxic and therefore strategies to immobilize them or to impede the formation of bioaccumulative MeHg are a hot topic of ongoing research. Biochar (BC) and sugar beet factory lime (SBFL) are suggested to have the potential to meet these goals. However, their ability to restrain the mobilization of total Hg (Hgt), methylmercury (MeHg), and ethylmercury (EtHg) or the formation of MeHg and EtHg has not been examined to date. Moreover, the effect of systematically altered redox conditions on the release dynamics of Hgt, MeHg, and EtHg in a contaminated floodplain soil as affected by these soil amendments has not been studied. Therefore, we investigated the impact of pre-defined redox conditions on the release dynamics of Hgt, MeHg, and EtHg in a contaminated floodplain soil (CS) and the soil amended with either BC (CS+BC) or SBFL (CS+SBFL). The mobilization of Hgt, MeHg, and EtHg was generally higher at low redox potential (EH) and decreased with increasing EH, irrespective of soil treatment. Both BC and SBFL diminished the release of Hgt from soil but not the methylation and ethylation of Hg. In CS+SBFL approximately half of Hgt was found in solution compared to CS. However, higher methylation efficiency (MeHg/Hgt ratio) was found in CS+SBFL counterbalancing this benefit. Abundances of specific phospholipid fatty acids suggest the presence of sulfate-reducing bacteria, which are considered as primary Hg methylators. The results indicate that both BC and SBFL have the potential to curtail the release of Hgt from inundated soils, while SBFL was more efficient. However, these amendments had no marked effect on the MeHg and EtHg concentrations. Therefore, further research should be conducted to identify soil additives that are capable to reduce the release and formation of these Hg species.
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- Felix Beckers
- University of Wuppertal, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water- and Waste-Management, Soil- and Groundwater-Management, Pauluskirchstraße 7, 42285 Wuppertal, Germany
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- UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- University of Wuppertal, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water- and Waste-Management, Soil- and Groundwater-Management, Pauluskirchstraße 7, 42285 Wuppertal, Germany
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nuclear Analytical Techniques, Key Lab for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterial and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nuclear Analytical Techniques, Key Lab for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterial and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- University of Wuppertal, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water- and Waste-Management, Soil- and Groundwater-Management, Pauluskirchstraße 7, 42285 Wuppertal, Germany; Department of Environment, Energy & Geoinformatics, Sejong University, 98 Gunja-Dong, Guangjin-Gu, Seoul, South Korea.
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Barra Caracciolo A, Ademollo N, Cardoni M, Di Giulio A, Grenni P, Pescatore T, Rauseo J, Patrolecco L. Assessment of biodegradation of the anionic surfactant sodium lauryl ether sulphate used in two foaming agents for mechanized tunnelling excavation. J Hazard Mater 2019; 365:538-545. [PMID: 30469033 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2018.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2018] [Revised: 10/19/2018] [Accepted: 11/01/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The anionic surfactant sodium lauryl ether sulphate (SLES) is the main component in most foaming agents used for mechanized tunneling excavation. The process produces huge amounts of soil debris that can have a potential impact on ecosystems. The lack of accurate information about SLES persistence in excavated soil has aroused increasing concern about how it is recycled. The objective of this study was to assess SLES biodegradability in two commercial foaming agents (P1 and P2). Microcosm experiments were performed with two different soils collected from a tunnel construction site and conditioned with P1 or P2 (85.0 or 83.0 mg kg -1 of SLES, respectively). At selected times soil samples were collected for assessing the SLES residual concentration using Pressured Liquid Extraction followed by methylene blue active substance analysis (MBAS). Simultaneously, soil microbial abundance (DAPI counts), viability (Live/Dead method), activity (dehydrogenase analysis) and phylogenetic structure (Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization) were evaluated. SLES halved faster in the silty-clay soil (6 d) than in the gravel in a clay-silty-sand matrix (8-9 days). At day 28 it was degraded in both soils. Its biodegradation was ascribed to the significant increase in Gamma-Proteobacteria. At this time, the spoil material can be considered as a by-product.
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- Water Research Institute-National Research Council (IRSA-CNR), Italy
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- Water Research Institute-National Research Council (IRSA-CNR), Italy.
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- Institute of Environmental Geology and Geoengineering (CNR-IGAG), Italy
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- Water Research Institute-National Research Council (IRSA-CNR), Italy
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- Water Research Institute-National Research Council (IRSA-CNR), Italy; Department of Ecological and Biological Science, Tuscia University, Italy
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- Water Research Institute-National Research Council (IRSA-CNR), Italy; Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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- Water Research Institute-National Research Council (IRSA-CNR), Italy
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Wawra A, Friesl-Hanl W, Puschenreiter M, Soja G, Reichenauer T, Roithner C, Watzinger A. Degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in a mixed contaminated soil supported by phytostabilisation, organic and inorganic soil additives. Sci Total Environ 2018; 628-629:1287-1295. [PMID: 30045550 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2017] [Revised: 02/12/2018] [Accepted: 02/13/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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In soil, mixed contamination with potentially toxic trace elements and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) may persist for a long time due to strong adsorption to the soil matrix and to its toxicity to microorganism. We conducted an incubation batch experiment to test the effect of soil amendments (biochar, gravel sludge, iron oxides) on the immobilisation of trace elements. To monitor microbial degradation, a 13C-PHE (phenanthrene) label was introduced to soil for 13C-PLFA (phospholipid fatty acid) analysis. Soil amendments increased soil pH, reduced mobility of NH4NO3-extractable trace elements Cd and Zn, and increased mobile Cu. A small consortium of PHE degraders was identified mainly in the microbial groups of gram-negative bacteria and actinomycetes. The degradation process of PHE peaked 9days after incubation start. PAH concentrations remained constant in the soil within the 30-day incubation, except for the easily available 13C-PHE in the amended treatment. In order to test the effect of plants and soil amendments under more realistic conditions, we also conducted an outdoor pot experiment with black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia Nyirsegi). Furthermore, soil amendments increased the mobility of soil Cu and As and decreased the mobility of Cd, Pb and Sb. The uptake of trace elements to leaves was low. Σ 16 U.S. EPA PAHs were significantly reduced only in the combined treatment of black locust and soil amendments after 12months of plant growth. Soil amendment-assisted phytoremediation showed a high efficiency in PAH dissipation and may be a useful remediation technique for mixed contaminated soils.
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- Anna Wawra
- AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Environmental Resources & Technologies, Konrad Lorenz Straße 24, 3430 Tulln, Austria; University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), Institute of Soil Research, Konrad Lorenz Straße 24, 3430 Tulln, Austria
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- AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Environmental Resources & Technologies, Konrad Lorenz Straße 24, 3430 Tulln, Austria.
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- University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), Institute of Soil Research, Konrad Lorenz Straße 24, 3430 Tulln, Austria
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- AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Environmental Resources & Technologies, Konrad Lorenz Straße 24, 3430 Tulln, Austria
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- AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Environmental Resources & Technologies, Konrad Lorenz Straße 24, 3430 Tulln, Austria
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- AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Environmental Resources & Technologies, Konrad Lorenz Straße 24, 3430 Tulln, Austria
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- AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Environmental Resources & Technologies, Konrad Lorenz Straße 24, 3430 Tulln, Austria
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Liyun Y, Ping X, Maomao Y, Hao B. The characteristics of steel slag and the effect of its application as a soil additive on the removal of nitrate from aqueous solution. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2017; 24:4882-4893. [PMID: 27988898 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-8171-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2016] [Accepted: 11/28/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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This study examined the characteristics of nitrate removal from aqueous solution by steel slag and the feasibility of using steel slag as a soil additive to remove nitrate. Steel slag adsorbents were characterized by X-ray fluorescence (XRF), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and infrared spectrum (IR spectrum). Adsorption isotherms and kinetics were also analysed. Various parameters were measured in a series of batch experiments, including the sorbent dose, grain size of steel slag, reaction time, initial concentration of nitrate nitrogen, relationship between Al, Fe and Si ions leached from the steel slag and residual nitrate in the aqueous solution. The nitrate adsorbing capacity increased with increasing amounts of steel slag. In addition, decreasing the grain diameter of steel slag also enhanced the adsorption efficiency. Nitrate removal from the aqueous solution was primarily related to Al, Fe, Si and Mn leached from the steel slag. The experimental data conformed to second-order kinetics and the Freundlich isothermal adsorption equation, indicating that the adsorption of nitrate by steel slag is chemisorption under the action of monolayer adsorption. Finally, it was determined that using steel slag as a soil additive to remove nitrate is a feasible strategy.
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- Yang Liyun
- Department of Ecological Science and Engineering, School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China.
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- Department of Ecological Science and Engineering, School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Department of Ecological Science and Engineering, School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Department of Ecological Science and Engineering, School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
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Rinklebe J, Shaheen SM, Frohne T. Amendment of biochar reduces the release of toxic elements under dynamic redox conditions in a contaminated floodplain soil. Chemosphere 2016; 142:41-7. [PMID: 25900116 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.03.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2014] [Revised: 03/27/2015] [Accepted: 03/30/2015] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Biochar (BC) can be used to remediate soils contaminated with potential toxic elements (PTEs). However, the efficiency of BC to immobilize PTEs in highly contaminated floodplain soils under dynamic redox conditions has not been studied up to date. Thus, we have (i) quantified the impact of pre-definite redox conditions on the release dynamics of dissolved aluminum (Al), arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), and zinc (Zn) in a highly contaminated soil (CS) (non-treated) and in the same soil treated with 10 g kg(-1) biochar based material (CS+BC), and (ii) assessed the efficacy of the material to reduce the concentrations of PTEs in soil solution under dynamic redox conditions using an automated biogeochemical microcosm apparatus. The impact of redox potential (EH), pH, dissolved organic carbon (DOC), dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), and sulfate (SO4(2-)) on dynamics of PTEs was also determined. The EH was lowered to +68 mV and afterwards increased stepwise to +535 mV. Significant negative correlation between EH and pH in CS and CS+BC was detected. The systematic increase of EH along with decrease of pH favors the mobilization of PTEs in CS and CS+BC. The material addition seems to have little effect on redox processes because pattern of EH/pH and release dynamics of PTEs was basically similar in CS and CS+BC. However, concentrations of dissolved PTEs were considerably lower in CS+BC than in CS which demonstrates that BC is able to decrease concentrations of dissolved PTEs even under dynamic redox conditions.
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- Jörg Rinklebe
- University of Wuppertal, Department D, Soil- and Groundwater-Management, Pauluskirchstraße 7, 42285 Wuppertal, Germany.
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- University of Wuppertal, Department D, Soil- and Groundwater-Management, Pauluskirchstraße 7, 42285 Wuppertal, Germany; University of Kafrelsheikh, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Soil and Water Sciences, 33516 Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt
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- University of Wuppertal, Department D, Soil- and Groundwater-Management, Pauluskirchstraße 7, 42285 Wuppertal, Germany
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