新型絮凝剂含硼聚硅铝铁的制备和性能研究

向聚硅酸中引入Al³⁺、Fe³⁺、B，制得稳定性更好的高效絮凝剂含硼聚硅铝铁（PFASB）。通过实验得到其最佳配比为：n_(B)/n_(Si)=0.16、n_(Fe)/n_(Al)=0.5 、n_(Al+Fe)/n_(Si)=1。对造纸废水和焦化废水进行混凝实验表明，PFASB的除浊、除COD的能力均优于聚合铝、聚合铝铁和聚硅铝铁，而且矾花产生迅速，矾花粗大密实，是一种性能优异的新型高分子絮凝剂。实验还考察了絮凝剂的形貌和结构，结果表明B、铝及其水解产物、铁及其水解产物和聚硅酸等多种组分之间有相互作用，形成了尺度更大的聚集单元。PFASB的这种特殊结构是其具有良好稳定性和混凝性能的根本原因。     

锰掺杂WO3-TiO2复合光催化剂的制备及其性能研究

溶胶-凝胶和浸渍相结合的方法制备锰掺杂WO₃-TiO₂复合光催化剂，RXD表征，考察WO₃和Mn²⁺掺入量、焙烧温度、焙烧时间及催化剂用量对光催化降解甲基橙的影响。结果表明，500℃焙烧2h，掺杂量n_{（Mn²⁺）}∶n_（WO3）∶n_（TiO2）＝0.8∶1∶100时，光催化活性最高，光催化降解甲基橙溶液，120min后，降解率达90%, 比单纯 TiO₂的光催化活性提高81%。     

污泥渗水砖的制备研究

结合压制成型和传统的烧结砖工艺，实验以城市生活污泥、黄河淤泥、煤矸石及砂为原料，制备渗水铺地砖。通过正交试验得到最优工艺参数为w_{(黄河淤泥)}∶ww_(煤矸石)∶w_(污泥)∶w_(砂)＝33％∶22％∶15％∶30％、成型压力为20 MPa、烧结温度为1 100℃、保温时间为1.5 h，骨料砂的粒径为1～2 mm。制备的成品抗压强度为21.8 MPa，渗水系数为1.03×10^－2 cm/s。并对成型压力及烧结温度对渗水砖抗压强度及渗水系数的影响进行了讨论。     

短程硝化过程中NO-2-N高效富集的工艺条件实验研究

针对厌氧氨氧化工艺需要提供充足的亚硝酸盐氮为电子受体的问题，利用培养基对SBR中具有一定短程硝化功能的污泥进行富集培养，得到氨氧化菌和亚硝酸盐氧化菌的数量之比为104︰1，并研究了工艺条件对短程硝化的影响，结果表明，适合氨氧化菌生长的最佳温度为30℃、pH为7.5、nHCO^-₃/nNH⁺₄-N值为1。以适合氨氧化菌生长的最佳环境条件优化SBR，在进水氨氮浓度为250 mg/L时，氨氮的转化率达到90％以上，亚硝酸盐氮积累率维持在85％以上，反应器中氨氧化菌与亚硝酸盐氧化菌的数量之比为10³∶1，亚硝酸盐的高效积累为厌氧氨氧化工艺处理高氨废水的过程提供了稳定的电子受体。     

黄菖蒲和狭叶香蒲根系对氮磷的吸收动力学

采用改进的常规耗竭法，研究了黄菖蒲（Iris pseudacorus L.）和狭叶香蒲（Typha angustifolia L.）根系对NH₄⁺、NO₃^-和H₂PO₄^-的吸收特征及差异。结果表明，这2种植物根系对NH₄⁺、NO₃^-和H₂PO₄^-的吸收动力学特征均可采用Michaelis-Menten方程描述。2种植物根系对NH₄⁺、NO₃^-和H₂PO₄^-的亲和力（Km）和最大吸收速率（Vmax）有显著差异。吸收H₂PO₄^-时，黄菖蒲根系具有较高的Vmax值和较低的Km值，说明黄菖蒲具有嗜磷特性，并能够适应广范围浓度的H₂PO₄^-环境，适宜用于污染水体磷的去除；吸收NO₃^-时，狭叶香蒲根系具有较高的Vmax值和较低的Km值，表明狭叶香蒲可用于广范围浓度NO₃^-污染的水体修复；吸收NH₄⁺时，黄菖蒲根系具有较低的Vmax值和Km值，而狭叶香蒲根系具有较高的Vmax值和Km值，说明黄菖蒲适宜用于NH₄⁺污染较轻水体的修复，而在NH₄⁺污染较重水体中宜选用狭叶香蒲作为先锋植物。     

碳酸根对磷酸钙沉淀反应回收磷的影响简

以模拟的厌氧消化液为处理对象，通过小试实验，考察不同初始磷浓度C_P、Ca/P物质的量比、pH和温度下，碳酸根（CO₃^2-）对磷酸钙沉淀反应回收磷的影响；利用扫描电镜（SEM）、X射线衍射仪（XRD）和傅里叶变换红外光谱（FTIR）对沉淀产物进行表征。结果表明，高浓度的CO₃^2-对以磷酸钙沉淀反应去除和回收磷的效率影响较大；C_P相同时，CO₃^2-浓度（C_CO3^2-）越大，P的去除率越低，低C_P（20 mg/L）时尤为显著；当C_CO3^2-相同时，随着C_P的增大，反应速率加快，P的去除率逐渐升高，但升高幅度越来越小；增大Ca/P比和pH能提高P的去除率，降低CO₃^2-对磷酸钙沉淀反应的抑制作用，综合考虑实际效果，应选择Ca/P比为3.33，pH为9.0作为适宜的反应条件；升高温度对降低CO₃^2-对磷酸钙沉淀反应的抑制作用贡献不大。在C_P为60 mg/L，Ca/P比为1.67，pH为9.0，温度为20℃的条件下，当C _CO3^2-为0时，得到的沉淀产物主要为羟基磷灰石HAP；当C _CO3^2-为30 mmol/L时，得到的沉淀产物为磷酸钙和碳酸合磷灰石的混合物。     

O3/BAF工艺系统中有机物生物降解数学模型

研究臭氧预氧化/曝气生物滤池（O₃/BAF）联合工艺深度处理实际城市污水二级出水过程中，后续BAF系统中有机物的生物降解数学模型。以有机底物浓度、填料层高度两个基本变量为控制条件，研究BAF的总体运行常数和填料特性常数,得出BAF有机物生物降解动力学方程为S_e/S₀=exp(－Kh/qSⁿ₀)。出水与进水COD浓度比值（S_e/S₀）的对数与反应器填料高度（h）之间可表达成一次函数关系。在不同的进水浓度（S₀）下，根据ln（S_e/S₀）~h和关系式m=K/qSⁿ₀，得到方程ln(q_m)=－nln(S₀)+lnK。BAF总体运行常数K和填料特性常数n分别为1.708和0.5063。该模型对BAF工艺有如下指导意义：可以根据设计流量、进水有机物浓度和出水浓度，初步确定BAF的尺寸（如横截面积、高度等）。     

混凝工艺去除合流污水中有机物及营养元素

通过系列杯罐试验混凝处理合流污水，采用硫酸铝（Al₂(SO₄)₃）、硫酸铁（Fe₂(SO₄)₃）、聚合氯化铝（PAC）和聚合氯化铝铁（PAFC）4种混凝剂均能有效去除污水中的 TP、PO^3-₄-P、SS和COD。聚合金属盐（PAC和PAFC）混凝处理效果优于金属盐（Al₂(SO₄)₃和Fe₂(SO₄)₃），达到相同的处理效果的投加量明显低于后者。助凝剂采用聚丙烯酰胺（PAM）、聚乙烯醇（PVA）、自制的高分子聚合物（AN）和活化硅酸（AS），在保持较低混凝剂投加量的条件下可明显提高污水处理效果；添加助凝剂对强化PO^3-₄-P的去除作用不明显，PO^3-₄-P的去除仅与混凝剂的投加量相关。混凝剂和助凝剂对污水中NH₃-N的去除作用相对不显著。SS去除率随混凝剂投加量的变化趋势说明混凝的机理较为复杂，可能存在多种混凝机理共同作用。     

原位水解生成的羟基氧化铁凝聚吸附除磷效能与机制简

将不同摩尔比Fe³⁺与OH^-（[Fe³⁺]：[OH^-]=1：0、1：1、1：2和1：3）反应获得原位水解生成的羟基氧化铁（in situ FeO_xH_y），研究了具有不同水解程度的羟基氧化铁对凝聚吸附除磷效能与机制。研究显示，In situ FeO_xH_y对磷的去除率随铁投量增大而升高，且均在中性pH范围内具有最佳除磷效果；在相同铁投量条件下，磷去除率随着[OH^-]：[Fe³⁺]的升高而降低；当体系碱度较低时（pH<6），引入OH^-可促进Fe³⁺水解而提高除磷效果。4种羟基氧化铁均可在15 s内可快速吸附磷，且吸附过程符合准二级动力学模型；Freundlich模型均可很好地描述磷在4种羟基氧化铁表面的吸附行为。磷酸盐吸附后，In situ FeO_xH_y表面Zeta电位明显降低，且[Fe³⁺]：[OH^-]为1：0的羟基氧化铁降低最为显著。结合MINITEQ计算软件磷酸盐、铁盐形态分析结果显示，对于碱度较低的体系，通过投加一定量OH^-可促进Fe³⁺水解，进而使得其更易与水中H₂PO₄^-与HPO₄^2-结合，生成具有多核羟基的磷酸铁络合物，进而提高除磷效果。     

水体中常见无机阴离子对TiO2薄膜光催化降解甲醛的影响

选择了5种水体中常见的阴离子(Cl^-，SO^2-₄，HPO^2-₄/HPO^2-₄，HCO^-₃/CO^2-₃和NO^-₃)，分别考查了其对TiO₂薄膜光催化降解模拟甲醛废水的反应速率的影响；从上述离子的光吸收，对·OH的捕获及其生成的相应的无机自由基的氧化作用以及与甲醛的竞争吸附3个方面讨论了上述离子影响TiO₂薄膜光催化降解模拟甲醛废水的反应速率的原因。结果表明，HCO^-₃/CO^2-₃对TiO₂薄膜光催化降解甲醛具有抑制作用，Cl^-和SO^2-₄的影响不大，H₂PO^-₄/HPO^2-₄和NO^-₃具有促进作用。造成上述结果的主要原因是HCO^-₃/CO^2-₃具有很强的·OH捕获作用；Cl^-，SO^2-₄对·OH捕获作用以及竞争吸附都较弱；H₂PO^-₄/HPO^2-₄在TiO₂表面具有较强的吸附能力，释放出的H⁺起到了酸催化剂的作用；NO^-₃在紫外光的照射下可以产生·OH，此外NO^-₃作为电子受体而降低了TiO₂表面光生电子和空穴的复合几率。     

Evaluation of trichloroethene recovery processes in heterogeneous aquifer cells flushed with biodegradable surfactants

The ability of two biodegradable surfactants, polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan monooleate (Tween 80) and sodium dihexyl sulfosuccinate (Aerosol MA), to recover a representative dense non-aqueous-phase liquid (DNAPL), trichloroethene (TCE), from heterogeneous porous media was evaluated through a combination of batch and aquifer cell experiments. An aqueous solution containing 3.3% Aerosol MA, 8% 2-propanol and 6 g/l CaCl(2) yielded a weight solubilization ratio (WSR) of 1.21 g TCE/g surfactant, with a corresponding liquid-liquid interfacial tension (IFT) of 0.19 dyn/cm. Flushing of aquifer cells containing a TCE-DNAPL source zone with approximately two pore volumes of the AMA formulation resulted in substantial (>30%) mobilization of TCE-DNAPL. However, a TCE mass recovery of 81% was achieved when the aqueous-phase flow rate was sufficient to displace the mobile TCE-DNAPL toward the effluent well. Aqueous solutions of Tween 80 exhibited a greater capacity to solubilize TCE (WSR=1.74 g TCE/g surfactant) and exerted markedly less reduction in IFT (10.4 dyn/cm). These data contradict an accepted empirical correlation used to estimate IFT values from solubilization capacity, and indicate a unique capacity of T80 to form concentrated TCE emulsions. Flushing of aquifer cells with less than 2.5 pore volumes of a 4% T80 solution achieved TCE mass recoveries ranging from 66 to 85%, with only slight TCE-DNAPL mobilization (<5%) occurring when the total trapping number exceeded 2 x 10(-5). These findings demonstrate the ability of Tween 80 and Aerosol MA solutions to efficiently recover TCE from a heterogeneous DNAPL source zone, and the utility of the total trapping number as a design parameter for a priori prediction of DNAPL mobilization and bank angle formation when flushing with low-IFT solutions. Given their potential to stimulate microbial reductive dechlorination at low concentrations, these surfactants are well-suited for remedial action plans that couple aggressive mass removal followed by enhanced bioremediation to treat chlorinated solvent source zones.     

Chloroaromatic pollutants in mussels incubated in two finnish watercourses polluted by industry

Concentrations of different chlorinated compounds were measured in mussels incubated in two polluted watercourses, a river (the River Kymijoki) and a lake (Lake Vanaja) for four weeks in summer 1995. The sum concentrations of polychlorinated phenols (PCP) and biphenyls (PCB) were both about 1 μg/g lipid weight (lw) in Lake Vanaja mussels, while in the River Kymijoki mussels PCPs were non-detectable and PCBs were measured 120 ng/g lIw. The concentrations of toxic polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (PCDD) and dibenzofuran (PCDF) congeners ranged between <17 and 370 pg/g Iw in Lake Vanaja mussels and between <38 and 11,000 pg/g lw in the River Kymijoki mussels. Polychlorinated diphenyl ethers (PCDE) were detected in the mussels incubated in the River Kymijoki (0.4–1.1 ng/g Iw), but not in those incubated in Lake Vanaja. Polychlorinated phenoxyanisoles (PCPA) were measured 33 ng/g lw and polychlorinated phenoxyphenols (PCPP) 300 ng/g lw in the mussels incubated in the River Kymijoki. PCPAs were also detected in reference samples, which were sediment and pike from the River Kymijoki and Baltic salmon, seal and white-tailed sea eagle.     

The variation of street air levels of PAH and other mutagenic PAC in relation to regulations of traffic emissions and the impact of atmospheric processes

The occurrence of particle associated PAH and other mutagenic PAC was determined in 1996 in the street air of Copenhagen. In addition, particle extracts were tested for mutagenicity. The measurements were compared with previous measurements in 1992/1993. The levels had decreased in this period. The decrease was caused by an implementation of light diesel fuels for buses and the exchange of older petrol-driven passenger cars with catalystequipped new ones. About 65% of the reduction was caused by the application of the light diesel fuels. Under special conditions, chemical processes in the atmosphere produced many more mutagens than the direct emissions. The concentrations of S-PAC and N-PAC were 10 times lower than those of PAH, while the levels of oxy-PAH were in the same order of magnitude as those of PAH. Benzanthrone, an oxy-PAH, is proposed to be formed in the atmosphere in addition to direct emissions. Benzo(a)pyrene, often applied as an air quality criteria indicator, was photochemically degraded in the atmosphere. A strong increase in the mutagenic activities was observed to coincide with a depletion of benzo(a)pyrene.     

Teratological effects of pesticides in vertebrates: a review

Abstract

In the last decades, the use and misuse of pesticides in the agriculture have increased, having a severe impact on ecosystems and their fauna. Although the various effects of pesticides on biodiversity have been already documented in several studies, to our knowledge no consistent overview of the impact of pesticides in vertebrates, both terrestrial and aquatic, is available. In this review, we try to present a concise compilation of the teratogenic effects of pesticides on the different classes of vertebrates – mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish.     

Book review

The Pesticide Manual ‐ A World Compendium, 8th Edition, C.R. Worthing, Editor and S.B. Walker, Assistant Editor, British Crop Protection Council, BCPC Publications Sales, Bear Farm, Binfield, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 5QE, England. 1987, 1100 pp., UK £50; Overseas £56. ISBN 0–948404–01–9.     

Patterns of volatile metabolites and nonvolatile trichothecenes produced by isolates of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Stachybotrys,Fusarium, Trichoderma,Trichothecium</Emphasis> and <Emphasis Type="Italic">Memnoniella</Emphasis>

We reported previously that trichodiene, a volatile trichothecene derivative, was produced by a Stachybotrys isolate, also known to produce highly cytotoxic, non-volatile, macrocyclic trichothecenes (satrotoxins). We investigated the relationship between the production of trichodiene and various non-volatile trichothecenes for several molds. Volatile metabolites were concentrated by adsorption on Tenax TA and analyzed by GC/MS, while non-volatile metabolites were separated by HPLC, derivatized and analyzed by GC/MS. Stachybotrys chartarum isolates producing macrocyclic trichothecenes secreted significantly larger amounts of trichodiene and other sesquiterpenes than isolates which only produced simple trichothecenes. The amounts of secreted trichodiene were relatively small in all cases. With the exception of Memnoniella, which excreted small amounts of sesquiterpenes, the other isolates produced varying amounts of sesquiterpenes, including trichodiene, as well as simple tricothecenes, no detectable trichodiene, but large amounts of griseofulvin derivatives. In Stachybotrys there is apparently a correlation between trichodiene and macrocyclic trichothecene production. In the remaining isolates, there was no simple relationship between trichodiene and non-volatile trichothecene synthesis. Trichodiene is produced in larger amounts by Stachybotrys isolates, which also produce satratoxins, but it will be difficult to utilize this metabolite to detect toxic isolates in buildings due to the relatively small amounts excreted.     

Observations on the influence of water and soil pH on the persistence of insecticides

Abstract

The pH‐disappearance rate profiles were determined at ca. 25°C for 24 insecticides at 4 or 5 pH values over the range 4.5 to 8.0 in sterile phosphate buffers prepared in water‐ethanol (99: 1 v/v). Half‐lives measured at pH 8 were generally smaller than at lower pH values. Changes in half lives between pH 8.0 and 4.5 were largest (>1000x) for the aryl carbamates, carbofuran and carbaryl, the oxime carbamate, oxamyl, and the organophosphorus insecticide, trichlorfon. In contrast, half lives of phorate, terbufos, heptachlor, fensulfothion and aldicarb were affected only slightly by pH changes. Under the experimental conditions described half lives at pH8 varied from 1–2 days for trichlorfon and oxamyl to >1 year for fensulfothion and cyper‐methrin. Insecticide persistence on alumina (acid, neutral and basic), mineral soils amended with aluminum sulfate or calcium hydroxide to different pH values and four natural soils of different pH was examined. No correlation was observed between the measured pH of these solids and the rate of disappearance of selected insecticides applied to them. These observations demonstrate the difficulty of extrapolating the pH dependent disappearance behaviour observed in homogeneous solution to partially solid heterogeneous systems such as soil.     

The chemical stability of formulations of some hydrolyzable insecticides in aqueous mixtures with hydrolysis catalysts

Abstract

The active ingredients in commercial formulations of malathion, oxamyl, carbaryl, diazinon, and chlorpyrifos diluted to “spray tank”; concentrations with buffered distilled or natural water of pH 4–9 were stable for at least 24 hr. Formulations of trichlorfon were not stable at pH 7 or above but disappearance rates were slower than for the pure chemical in homogeneous solution. Cupric ion was observed to be an effective catalyst for the hydrolysis of a variety of pure organophosphorus insecticides but did not catalyze hydrolysis of the active ingredients of the formulations examined. Increasing the dilution of the formulation increased the susceptibility of malathion, oxamyl, and carbaryl to hydrolysis.     

Organochlorine compounds in a three-step terrestrial food chain

The concentrations of 15 organochlorine chemicals (PCBs and pesticides) were studied in a Central European oak wood food chain system: Great tit (Parus major), caterpillars (Tortrix viridana, Operophtera brumata, Erannis defoliaria), and oak-leaves (Quercus robur). Juvenile tits receive organochlorines from the mother via egg transfer and, eventually to a greater extent, from the caterpillar food source during nestling period. The concentrations of PCB 153 (2,2′,4,4′,5,5′-hexachlorobiphenyl, the most abundant in this study) was found in leaf material at ca. 1 ng/g, in caterpillars 10 ng/g, and in bird eggs 170 ng/g on an average and on a dry mass basis.     

Knowledge transfer initiative between molecular biologists and environmental researchers and regulators

A Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funded Knowledge Transfer (KT) workshop was held in the United Kingdom (UK) to identify the needs and opportunities in the application of molecular biology and ‘omics’ techniques to environmental monitoring and risk assessment. Attendees highlighted a lack of effective communication between end-users and researchers as well as difficulties with data interpretation as reasons behind the slow uptake of molecular biology and omics techniques. A number of promising areas in which new techniques could be implemented at a practical level in the very near future were identified, thereby raising the profile of these recent technologies and providing vital proof of concept work. Molecular taxonomy, bacterial source tracking and pre-screening of chemicals for potential toxicities were all viewed as areas in which omics and molecular techniques could have immediate value, with the aim of reducing cost, increasing efficiency and providing more comprehensive data of improved quality.