低分子量有机酸对三峡水库消落区土壤中汞赋存形态及其活性的影响

为研究植物根系分泌物的主要成分——低分子量有机酸对土壤汞的活化作用,利用室内模拟实验,通过分析不同浓度的柠檬酸、酒石酸和草酸溶液对三峡库区消落带土壤中汞赋存形态的影响及其随培养时间的变化特征,探究了低分子量有机酸对汞迁移能力和生物有效性的作用.结果表明,柠檬酸可增强土壤汞的迁移能力,而草酸和酒石酸则表现出软弱的抑制作用.3种低分子量有机酸均能明显地增强土壤中汞的生物有效性,整体活化效果为:柠檬酸酒石酸≈草酸.有机酸对土壤中汞形态的作用随其浓度的增加而增强,且当浓度为15 mmol·L~(-1)(柠檬酸)、10 mmol·L~(-1)(酒石酸和草酸)时开始趋于稳定.在15 mmol·L~(-1)柠檬酸培养的土壤中,汞形态分布的变化随培养时间的延长而愈加显著,直到14d时才基本停止,此时胃酸溶解态汞增加最为明显,其主要来自于部分被活化的强络合态汞.

Effect of Low Molecular Weight Organic Acids on the Chemical Speciation and Activity of Mercury in the Soils of the Water-Level-Fluctuating Zone of the Three Gorges Reservoir

To investigate the effect of low molecular weight organic acids (LMWOA) on the ability of migration and the species of mercury in the soil of the Water-Level-Fluctuating Zone of the Three Gorges Reservoir, citric acid, tartaric acid and oxalic acid were added into the soil to conduct simulation experiments. The results showed that the percentage of exchangeable mercury increased with the increase of the concentration of citric acid, but the value declined slightly as the concentration of tartaric acid and oxalic acid increased. While all three acids elevated the bioavailability of mercury, which increased with the increase of the concentration of acids. When the concentration of citric acid reached 15 mmol ·L^-1, the activation effect was the best. But for oxalic acid and citric acid, 10 mmol ·L^-1 was the optimal concentration. In general, the effect of three organic acids on the activation of mercury in the soil followed the trend of citric acid > tartaric acid > oxalic acid. In the soil supplemented with 15 mmol ·L^-1 citric acid, the change of mercury species was more and more striking with the prolonged incubation, and the conversion did not stop until 14 d, at that time the stomach acid dissolved mercury increased obviously, which was mainly converted from elemental mercury.