Application of Zr(IV) tungstate for removal of metal ions from aqueous solutions

A heteropolyacid Zr(IV) tungstate-based cation exchanger has been synthesized. An amorphous sample, prepared at pH 1.2 and having a Na⁺ ion exchange capacity of 0.92?meq?g^?1, was selected for further studies. Its physicochemical properties were determined using Fourier transform infrared spectrometer, X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric, and scanning electron studies. To understand the cation exchange behavior of the material, distribution coefficients (K _d) for metal ions in various solvent systems were determined. Some important binary separations of metal ions, namely Mg²⁺–Bi³⁺, Cd²⁺–Bi³⁺, Fe³⁺–Bi³⁺, Th⁴⁺–Bi³⁺, and Fe³⁺–Zn²⁺, were achieved on such columns. The practical utility of these separations was demonstrated by separating Fe³⁺ and Zn²⁺ ions quantitatively in commercial pharmaceutical formulation. The cation exchanger has been successfully applied also for the treatment of industrial wastewater and a synthetic mixture. All the results suggests that Zr(IV) tungstate has excellent potential for the removal of metals from aqueous systems using packed columns of this material.     

螯合树脂去除丙烯酸丁酯废水中的二价阳离子

采用氨基膦酸螯合树脂C-900去除丙烯酸丁酯废水中的二价阳离子，考察了吸附温度和废水流量对树脂动态吸附性能的影响，并用Thomas模型进行动态吸附数据的拟合分析。实验结果表明，在吸附温度为35℃、废水流量为15SV的条件下，处理后出水中3种二价阳离子总质量浓度为1.0mg/L时的穿透体积为240BV，达到穿透体积时树脂对Ca²⁺，Mg²⁺，Cu²⁺的去除率分别为100%，99.2%，99.8%。     

高分子量高纯度阳离子聚丙烯酰胺的合成

以丙烯酰胺与丙烯酰氧乙基三甲基氯化铵为单体,在复合引发剂的作用下,选择水溶液共聚法合成高分子量与高纯度阳离子型聚丙烯酰胺(CPAM)。实验表明,有机偶氮引发剂A用量0.5‰、氧化还原引发剂用量0.45‰、还原剂与氧化剂摩尔比2∶1、反应体系pH为4与反应时间5 h条件下,CPAM分子量为1 042万,且溶解性好。通过对聚合物残单含量影响因素添加剂用量、反应时间的研究,结果表明,添加剂EDTA和增溶剂D对残留AM含量影响小,而苯甲酸钠对聚合物残留AM的含量影响显著;延长反应时间至7 h,残单含量可降低至0.27%,CPAM的纯度高。通过与国内外3种同类型产品进行对比,结果表明,自制产品的分子量明显高于其他产品,且残单含量比国内产品降低了50%～75%。     

单柱阳离子色谱快速分析白云石中高含量钙镁

采用离子色谱法同时测定白云石中高含量钙镁，该法与目前使用的络合滴定法相比，具有准确可靠、操作简便快速、无干扰等特点。对样品测定取得了满意的结果，氧化钙与镁瓣含量分别为３１．９９％和２１．４７％，相对标准偏差分别为０．８１％和０．６５％，平均回收率分别９９．９％和１０２％。     

Hydrolysis and photolysis of oxytetracycline in aqueous solution

Oxytetracycline ((2Z,4S,4aR,5S,5aR,6S,12aS)-2-(amino-hydroxy-methylidene)-4-dimethylamino-5,6,10,11,12a-pentahydroxy-6-methyl-4,4a,5,5a-tetrahydrotetracene-1,3,12-trione) is a member of tetracycline antibiotics family and is widely administered to farm animals for the purpose of therapeutical treatment and health protection. Increasing attention has been paid to the environmental fate of oxytetracycline and other veterinary antibiotics with the occurrence of these antibiotics in the environment. The hydrolysis and photolysis degradation of oxytetracycline was investigated in this study. Oxytetracycline hydrolysis was found to obey the first-order model and similar rate constant values ranging from 0.094 ± 0.001 to 0.106 ± 0.003 day^{? 1} were obtained at different initial concentration ranging from 10 to 230 μ M. Solution pH and temperature were shown to have remarked effects on oxytetracycline hydrolysis. The hydrolysis in pH neutral solution appeared to be much faster than in both acidic and alkaline solutions. Oxytetracycline half-life decreased from 1.2 × 10² to 0.15 day with the increasing temperature from 4 ± 0.8 to 60 ± 1°C. The presence of Ca^{2 +} made oxytetracycline hydrolytic degradation kinetics deviate from the simple first-order model to the availability-adjusted first-order model and greatly slowed down the hydrolysis. Oxytetracycline photolysis was found to be very fast with a degradation rate constant at 3.61 ± 0.06 day^{? 1}, which is comparable to that of hydrolysis at 60°C. The presence of Ca^{2 +} accelerated oxytetracycline photolysis, implying that oxytetracycline become more vulnerable to sunlight irradiation after chelating with Ca^{2 +}. The photolysis may be the dominant degradation pathway of oxytetracycline in shallow transparent water environment.     

Impacts of atmospheric pollution on the plant communities of British acid grasslands

Air pollutants are recognised as important agents of ecosystem change but few studies consider the effects of multiple pollutants and their interactions. Here we use ordination, constrained cluster analysis and indicator value analyses to identify potential environmental controls on species composition, ecological groupings and indicator species in a gradient study of UK acid grasslands. The community composition of these grasslands is related to climate, grazing, ozone exposure and nitrogen deposition, with evidence for an interaction between the ecological impacts of base cation and nitrogen deposition. Ozone is a key agent in species compositional change but is not associated with a reduction in species richness or diversity indices, showing the subtly different drivers on these two aspects of ecosystem degradation. Our results demonstrate the effects of multiple interacting pollutants, which may collectively have a greater impact than any individual agent.     

Identification of key factors governing chemistry in groundwater near the water course recharged by reclaimed water at Miyun County, Northern China

Reclaimed water was successfully used to recover the dry Chaobai River in Northern China, but groundwater may be polluted. To ensure groundwater protection, it is therefore critical to identify the governing factors of groundwater chemistry. Samples of reclaimed water, river and groundwater were collected monthly at Chaobai River from January to September in 2010. Fifteen water parameters were analyzed. Two kinds of reclaimed water were different in type (Na-Ca-Mg-Cl-HCO3 or Na-Ca-Cl-HCO3 ) and concentration of nitrogen. The ionic concentration and type in river were similar to reclaimed water. Some shallow wells near the river bed had the same type (Na-Ca-Mg-Cl-HCO3 ) and high concentration as reclaimed water, but others were consistent with the deep wells (Ca-Mg-HCO3 ). Using cluster analysis, the 9 months were divided into two periods (dry and wet seasons), and all samples were grouped into several spatial clusters, indicating different controlling mechanisms. Principal component analysis and conventional ionic plots showed that calcium, magnesium and bicarbonate were controlled by water-rock interaction in all deep and some shallow wells. This included the dissolution of calcite and carbonate weathering. Sodium, potassium, chloride and sulfate in river and some shallow wells recharged by river were governed by evaporation crystallization and mixing of reclaimed water. But groundwater chemistry was not controlled by precipitation. During the infiltration of reclaimed water, cation exchange took place between (sodium, potassium) and (calcium, magnesium). Nitrification and denitrification both happened in most shallow groundwater, but only denitrification in deep groundwater.     

河北省顺平县地下水化学特征及其成因分析

为研究顺平县地下水化学特征及离子来源,服务顺平县水资源科学开发与管理,系统采集了县域33组岩溶水和12组孔隙水样品,综合利用Gibbs图、离子比值关系和多元统计分析方法,分析了顺平县各类型地下水水化学类型、组成特征和主要控制因素,评估各来源对地下水溶质的贡献率.结果表明,研究区孔隙水和岩溶水整体呈弱碱性,TDS变化范围分别为245.89～430.00mg·L^-1和223.54～1 347.80mg·L^-1;阴阳离子组分以HCO^-₃和Ca²⁺为主.研究区内地下水聚类分为PW1、PW2类孔隙水和KW1、KW2、KW3类岩溶水,PW1和KW1类为HCO₃-Ca·Mg型水,PW2为HCO₃·Cl-Ca·Mg型水,KW2为HCO₃·NO₃-Ca·Mg型水,KW3为高矿化度的SO₄-Ca·Mg型水.以白云石矿物为主的碳酸盐岩风化和以钠长石、钾长石为主的硅酸盐岩矿物风化是地下水主要的...     

一种高效回收水环境中汞的方法

高效合成了3种新型芳酰胺类萃取剂(编号为1、2、3),利用原子吸收和原子荧光手段,研究了它们对水环境中Pb~(~(2+))、Fe~(2+)、Hg~(2+)、Cd~(~(2+))、Zn~(2+)、Cu~(2+)、Mn~(2+)、Ni~(2+)这8种金属离子的液-液萃取性能,并横向比较了这类萃取剂结构中配位基数目对萃取性能的影响。结果发现,这3种萃取剂对Hg~(2+)较其他金属离子均具有较高的萃取率和分离因子,其中萃取剂1可将Hg~(2+)从这8种金属离子中完全分离出来;三聚体2能从Hg~(2+)、Cd~(~(2+))、Zn~(2+)、Cu~(2+)、Mn~(2+)、Ni~(2+)这6种金属离子中完全分离出Hg~(2+);除Fe~(2+)外,二聚体3能从其余7种金属离子中完全分离出Hg~(2+)。这3种萃取剂的萃取能力随配位基数目增加而增强,但未呈现出正比关系,并对可能原因进行了初步分析。这类新型萃取剂的选择性能,在高效回收水环境中的汞离子方面具有潜在应用价值。     

Element Removal in Harvested Tree Biomass: Scenarios for Critical Loads in Wallonia,South Belgium

The critical load concept is nowwidely used as a tool for developing emissioncontrol policies in Europe. As a signatorycountry of the Convention of Long-RangeTransboundary Air Pollution, critical loads foracidity, nutrient nitrogen, nitrogen and sulphurhave been calculated for the Flemish and Walloonregions in Belgium. This paper describes themethodology used for estimating critical loadsfor forest soils in the Walloon region accordingto the Steady-State Mass Balance equations. As anexample the methodology was applied to thecatchment `Waroneu', situated in a sensitive areaof the Haute Ardenne. Main input parameters tothe equations were derived from precipitation andrunoff data of the catchment study. Improvedestimates of nitrogen uptake (Nu) and base cationuptake (BCu) were obtained by intensive samplingof Picea abies and Quercus roburtrees. Nutrient contents (Ca, Mg, K, N) andnutrient to nitrogen ratios of Picea abiesreflected the poor soil quality at a site withhigh N deposition. Quercus robur nutrientcontents increased from stem to higher orderbranches with a high proportion of nutrientslocated in the bark. However the simulation ofstem only harvesting had a minor effect oncritical loads. Measured wood densities werelower than reported literature values with a maineffect on Nu and BCu estimates. The use ofrecommended default values and/or data derivedfrom the experimental site resulted in a widerange of critical loads, some of which werelargely overestimated. Results demonstrated theimportance of site specific data for criticalload calculations.