Investigation on the influence of methanol on adsorption and leaching of pesticides with soil column liquid chromatography

The effect of methanol of low concentration on adsorption and leaching of atrazine and tebuconazole was studied in this paper. The adsorption coefficients and the retardation factors (R^m) of pesticides on EUROSOIL 3# log-linearly decreased as volumetric fraction of methanol (f^c) was increased in the binary solvent mixtures of methanol and water. These data are consistent with solvophobic theory formerly outlined for describing the adsorption and transport of hydrophobic organic chemicals from mixed solvents. Nevertheless, the adsorption of these pesticides in soil–water system slightly increased when the soil was pre-washed with methanol in comparison with that pre-washed with water (pure water system). Furthermore, their adsorption coefficients were still higher in binary solvent systems with methanol of very low concentrations, i.e. f^c<0.03 for atrazine and f^c<0.01 for tebuconazole, than those in pure water system. The adsorption coefficients (logK^w) of atrazine and tebuconazole predicted by solvophobic theory were 0.5792 and 1.6525, respectively, and their experimental logK^w were 0.3701 and 1.6275 in pure water system. Obviously, the predicted logK^w of the two pesticides was higher than the experimental log K^w in pure water system. The predicted K^w and the retardation factor (R^w) in pure water system by solvophobic theory are thus possibly inaccurate.     

Attenuation of divalent toxic metal ions using natural sericitic pyrophyllite

The present study investigated the effectiveness of an inexpensive and ecofriendly alumino silicate clay mineral, sericitic pyrophyllite, as an adsorbent for the possible application in the removal of some divalent toxic metal cations such as Pb(2+), Cu(2+)and Zn(2+) from aqueous systems. Batch scale equilibrium adsorption studies were carried out for a wide range of initial concentration from 24.1 to 2410mumolL(-1) for lead, 78.65 to 7865mumolL(-1) for copper and 76.45 to 7645mumolL(-1) for zinc solutions. The removal of Pb(2+) was almost complete at low concentration (maximum lead removal capacity, LRC, 32mg of lead/g of pyrophyllite) with 10gL(-1) of adsorbent in a 30min equilibration time. The effects of temperature on adsorption of heavy metal ions were studied. The applicability of the Langmuir, Freundlich and Dubinin-Radushkevich adsorption models in each case of lead, copper and zinc adsorption was examined separately at different temperatures. The adsorption process was found to be endothermic and the Freundlich adsorption model was found to represent the data at different temperatures more suitably.     

基于梅尔倒谱系数的矿山复杂微震信号自动识别分类方法

为了实现矿山复杂微震信号的自动高效识别与分类，保证后续微震分析的时效性和准确性，运用梅尔倒谱系数法，将原始的4种微震信号(岩体破裂、爆破振动、电磁干扰和钻机凿岩)转化为梅尔标度上的非线性频谱，再转换到倒谱域上，结合其在时域上的差分得到1组24维的特征参数向量，利用这些特征参数向量训练构建各类事件对应的混合高斯隐马尔可夫识别模型，进而实现对微震信号的自动识别分类。研究结果表明:运用基于梅尔倒谱系数的微震信号识别分类方法对矿山实际微震数据进行测试，微震事件的识别分类准确率达到92.46%，具有较高的准确性，为实现微震监测系统的实时性分析提供了技术支持。     

Heterogeneous uptake of gaseous hydrogen peroxide on mineral dust

The heterogeneous uptake processes of hydrogen peroxide on Arizona test dust and two types of authentic Chinese mineral dusts, i.e., Inner Mongolia desert dust and Xinjiang calciferous dust, were investigated using a Knudsen cell reactor coupled with a quadrupole mass spectrometer. The uptake coefficients were measured as a function of the initial concentration of H_2O_2 from 2.6 × 10~(11) to 1.2 × 10~(12)molecules/cm~3, and the temperature dependence of the uptake coefficients was investigated over a range from 253 to 313 K. The concentration of H_2O_2 showed little effect on the uptake coefficients of these heterogeneous processes. As a function of temperature, the initial uptake coefficients decrease with increasing temperature, whereas the steady state uptake coefficients of Arizona test dust and Inner Mongolia desert dust increase with increasing temperature. Implications for the understanding of the uptake processes onto mineral dust samples were also discussed.     

邻苯二甲酸酯类化合物正辛醇-水分配系数的QSPR研究

采用PM3算法计算邻苯二甲酸酯类化合物(PAEs)的量子化学参数,应用偏最小二乘(PLS)算法建立了PAEs的正辛醇-水分配系数(K_OW)的定量结构-性质相关(QSPR)模型.模型的结果表明,用量子化学参数建立的QSPR模型相关性显著,具有较好的稳健性和预测能力,因此,利用该模型可对其他PAEs分子的lgK_OW值进行初步预测.模型的结果表明,影响lgK_OW的主要量子化学参数是分子总能量TE、相对分子质量M_r、平均分子极化率α和分子生成热ΔH_f.lgK_OW随着M_r和α的增大而增大,随着TE和ΔH_f的增大而减小.     

城市主要大气污染物时空分布特征及其相关性

为制订合理的大气污染物减排措施,利用中国环境监测总站公布的2015年1-12月299座城市实时发布的环境空气颗粒物（PM_2.5和PM₁₀）及气态污染物（CO、NO₂和SO₂）的质量浓度数据,对其进行了时空分布特征及其相关性研究.结果表明:① 2015年城市环境空气颗粒物污染严重,299座城市的ρ（PM_2.5）、ρ（PM₁₀）年均值分别主要集中在25~60和40~110 μg/m3,年均值达到GB 3095-2012《环境空气质量标准》二级标准的城市所占比例分别仅为24%和38%.② 城市大气污染物浓度具有明显的季节性特征,基本呈冬季>春秋季>夏季的趋势,其中冬季ρ（PM_2.5）、ρ（PM₁₀）、ρ（CO）、ρ（NO₂）、ρ（SO₂）分别为（73±27）（114±42）（1.49±0.61）（36±14）（42±33）μg/m3.③ 高ρ（PM_2.5）和ρ（PM₁₀）主要集中在华北平原,年均值分别为（70±16）（117±22）μg/m3;高ρ（CO）主要出现在山西省,年均值为（1.76±0.48）mg/m3;高ρ（NO₂）主要分布在京津冀、山东省和长江三角洲,年均值分别为（42±6）（39±9）（34±8）μg/m3;高ρ（SO₂）主要分布在山西、山东两省,年均值分别为（54±10）（41±16）μg/m3.④ Pearson相关系数研究表明,我国城市环境空气颗粒物与气态污染物具有较强的复合性,并且具有秋冬季明显强于春夏季的季节性特征.研究显示,我国城市大气污染具有较强的季节性、区域性与复合性,在降低环境空气颗粒物浓度的同时,对气态污染物的削减也不容忽视.      

Degradation of indomethacin in river water under stress and non-stress laboratory conditions: degradation products, long-term evolution and adsorption to sediment

The pharmaceutical compound indomethacin is not totally removed in wastewater treatment plants,whose effluents flow into aquatic environments;concentrations in the 0.1-100 ng/L range are commonly found in surface waters,and its fate is unknown.Here,biological,photochemical and thermal degradation assays were conducted under stress and non-stress conditions to estimate its degradation rate in river water and establish its degradation products over time.The results revealed that direct sunlight irradiation promoted the complete degradation of indomethacin(2 μg/L) in less than 6 hr,but indomethacin was detected over a period of 4 months when water was kept under the natural day-night cycle and the exposure to sunlight was partially limited,as occurs inside a body of water.The biological degradation in water was negligible,while the hydrolysis at pH 7.8 was slow.Residues were monitored by ultra-pressure liquid chromatography/quadrupole time-of-flight/mass spectrometry after solid-phase extraction,and six degradation products were found;their structures were proposed based on the molecular formulae and fragmentation observed in high-resolution tandem mass spectra.4-Chlorobenzoic and 2-acetamido-5-methoxybenzoic acids were the long-term transformation products,persisting for at least 30 weeks in water kept under non-stress conditions.Furthermore,the degradation in the presence of sediment was also monitored over time,with some differences being noted.The adsorption coefficients of indomethacin and degradation products on river sediment were calculated;long-term degradation products did not have significant adsorption to sediment.     

中国西部背景地区PM2.5化学组分特征及其对大气散射系数的影响

于2009年春、夏和秋季在全球大气本底基准监测站青海瓦里关同步观测了PM_(2.5)中主要化学成分和大气散射系数(bsp).结果显示,观测期间瓦里关PM_(2.5)浓度年均值为(12.6±12.0)μg·m~(-3),显著低于国家年均值标准.总水溶性无机离子和碳气溶胶浓度分别为(1.7±1.6)μg·m~(-3)和(3.2±1.0)μg·m~(-3),分别占PM_(2.5)浓度的16.5%和25.4%.基于IMPROVE经验公式,瓦里关bsp最主要的贡献因子是有机物(OM)和土壤尘(FS),贡献率分别达到48%和28%,其它组分对bsp的贡献率均小于10%.     

新型钛酸钠填料对Cu2+、Pb2+、Zn2+和Cd2+的竞争吸附研究

以钛酸钠纳米纤维为原材料制备新型钛酸钠填料,对水体中常见的重金属(Cu~(2+)、Pb~(2+)、Zn~(2+)和Cd~(2+))进行竞争吸附实验研究,分析了四元、三元及双组分竞争吸附的选择性吸附特性,并探讨了4种金属离子在钛酸钠填料上的相互作用关系.结果显示,初始浓度较低时,4种离子之间的相互影响差异性不明显;随着初始浓度的升高,4种离子的竞争吸附分配系数都呈下降的趋势,竞争吸附系数大小顺序为:Pb~(2+)Cu~(2+)Zn~(2+)Cd~(2+),这与重金属离子的第一水解常数大小顺序一致.竞争吸附结果表明,水中存在Pb~(2+)时,其余3种离子的吸附都会被抑制,尤其对Zn~(2+)和Cd~(2+)的抑制更显著,即在钛酸钠填料上Pb~(2+)的竞争吸附能力最强,Cu~(2+)次之,而Zn~(2+)和Cd~(2+)的竞争吸附能力较弱,其吸附过程容易受到其他二价金属离子的抑制.     

Multi-group approximation, scattering and calibration coefficients, uncertainty estimates and detection limits of a NaI(Tl)-based gamma spectrometry set-up for low-level activity analysis

This paper describes a quantitative radioactivity analysis method especially suitable for environmental samples with low-level activity. The method, consisting of a multi-group approximation based on total absorption and Compton spectra of gamma rays, is coherently formalized and a computer algorithm thereof designed to analyze low-level activity NaI(Tl) gamma ray spectra of environmental samples. Milk powder from 1988 was used as the example case. Included is a special analysis on the uncertainty estimation. Gamma sensitiveness is defined and numerically evaluated. The results reproduced the calibration data well, attesting to the reliability of the method. The special analysis shows that the uncertainty of the assessed activity is tied to that of the calibration activity data. More than 77% of measured 1461-keV photons of ⁴⁰K were counted in the range of clearly lower energies. Pile-up of single line photons (¹³⁷Cs) looks negligible compared to that of a two-line cascade (¹³⁴Cs). The detection limit varies with radionuclide and spectrum region and is related to the gamma sensitiveness of the detection system. The best detection limit always lies in a spectrum region holding a line of the radionuclide and the highest sensitiveness. The most radioactive milk powder sample showed a activity concentration of 21 ± 1 Bq g⁻¹for ¹³⁷Cs, 323 ± 13 Bq g⁻¹ for ⁴⁰K and no ¹³⁴Cs.