Simultaneous elution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and heavy metals from contaminated soil by two amino acids derived from β-cyclodextrins

Two highly water-soluble amino acids, which derived from -CDs, i.e., glutamic acid- -cyclodextrin (GluCD) and ethylene-diamine- -cyclodextrin (EDCD), were synthesized and were examined for their e ect on solubilization of anthracene (ANT), complexation of cadmium (Cd2+), and elution removal of ANT and Cd2+ in soil. The results showed that GluCD and EDCD were powerful complexant for ANT and Cd2+. In the presence of 10 g/L GluCD and EDCD, the solubilization of ANT increased by 47.04 and 23.85 times compared to the control, respectively. GluCD resulted in approximately 90% complexation of Cd2+ while 70% complexation was observed for EDCD. Simultaneously, GluCD and EDCD could greatly enhance the elution removal of ANT and Cd2+ from soil. GluCD resulted in the highest elution e ciency of ANT and Cd2+.With the addition of 10 g/L GluCD, 53.5% of ANT and 85.6% of Cd2+ were eluted, respectively. The ANT had a negligible e ect on the Cd2+ removal due to di erent complexing sites of ANT and Cd2+, while Cd2+ enhanced the ANT removal under the addition of GluCD because Cd2+ neutralized the –COOH group of GluCD. Adversely, the removal of ANT was decreased with Cd2+ under the addition of EDCD, this was due to the fact that Cd2+ enhanced the polarity of EDCD molecule and inhibited the complexation between ANT and EDCD. The study suggested that GluCD could be preferred and be successfully applied to remediation of heavy metals or organic compounds in contaminated soil.     

Methyl-β-cyclodextrin enhanced biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and associated microbial activity in contaminated soil

The contamination of soils by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) is a widespread environmental problem and the remediation of PAHs from these areas has been a major concern.The effectiveness of ma...     

Chemodynamics of heavy metals in long-term contaminated soils：Metal speciation in soil solution

The concentration and speciation of heavy metals in soil solution isolated from long-term contaminated soils were investigated. Thesoil solution was extracted at 70% maximum water holding capacity (MWHC) after equilibration for 24 h. The free metal concentrations(Cd2+, Cu2+, Pb2+, and Zn2+) in soil solution were determined using the Donnan membrane technique (DMT). Initially the DMT wasvalidated using artificial solutions where the percentage of free metal ions were significantly correlated with the percentages predictedusing MINTEQA2. However, there was a significant difference between the absolute free ion concentrations predicted by MINTEQA2and the values determined by the DMT. This was due to the significant metal adsorption onto the cation exchange membrane used inthe DMT with 20%, 28%, 44%, and 8% mass loss of the initial total concentration of Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn in solution, respectively.This could result in a significant error in the determination of free metal ions when using DMT if no allowance for membrane cationadsorption was made. Relative to the total soluble metal concentrations the amounts of free Cd2+ (3%–52%) and Zn2+ (11%–72%) insoil solutions were generally higher than those of Cu2+ (0.2%–30%) and Pb2+ (0.6%–10%). Among the key soil solution properties,dissolved heavy metal concentrations were the most significant factor governing free metal ion concentrations. Soil solution pH showedonly a weak relationship with free metal ion partitioning coefficients (Kp) and dissolved organic carbon did not show any significantinfluence on Kp.     

Yearly variation in characteristics and health risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and nitro-PAHs in urban shanghai from 2010–2018

This study encompassed the regular observation of nine polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and three nitro-PAHs (NPAHs) in particulate matter (PM) in Shanghai in summer and winter from 2010 to 2018. The results showed that the mean concentrations of ?PAHs in summer decreased by 24.7% in 2013 and 18.1% in 2017 but increased by 10.2% in 2015 compared to the data in 2010. However, the mean concentrations of ?PAHs in winter decreased by 39.7% from 2010 (12.8 ± 4.55 ng/m³) to 2018 (7.72 ± 3.33 ng/m³), and the mean concentrations of 1-nitropyrene in winter decreased by 79.0% from 2010 (42.3 ± 16.1 pg/m³) to 2018 (8.90 ± 2.09 pg/m³). Correlation analysis with meteorological conditions revealed that the PAH and NPAH concentrations were both influenced by ambient temperature. The diagnostic ratios of PAHs and factor analysis showed that they were mainly affected by traffic emissions with some coal and/or biomass combustion. The ratio of 2-nitrofluoranthene to 2-nitropyrene was near 10, which indicated that the OH radical-initiated reaction was the main pathway leading to their secondary formation. Moreover, backward trajectories revealed different air mass routes in each sampling period, indicating a high possibility of source effects from the northern area in winter in addition to local and surrounding influences. Meanwhile, the mean total benzo[a]pyrene-equivalent concentrations in Shanghai in winter decreased by 50.8% from 2010 (1860 ± 645 pg/m³) to 2018 (916 ± 363 pg/m³). These results indicated the positive effects of the various policies and regulations issued by Chinese authorities.     

Selective removal of heavy metals by Zr-based MOFs in wastewater: New acid and amino functionalization strategy

Zr-based metal-organic frameworks(MOFs) have been developed in recent years to treat heavy metals,e.g.hexavalent chromium Cr⁶⁺ pollution,which damages the surrounding ecosystem and threaten human health.This kind of MOF is stable and convenient to prepare,but has the disadvantage of low adsorption capacity,limiting its wide application.To this end,a novel formic acid and amino modified MOFs were prepared,referred to as FormUiO-66-NH₂.Due to the modification of formic acid,i...     

Accumulation of heavy metals in two crop seeds due to soil contamination as determined by neutron activation analysis techniques

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Risk assessment for the daily intake of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from the ingestion of cockle （Anadara granosa） and exposure to contaminated water and sediments along the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia

The concentration of carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (c-PAHs) present in the sediment and water of Peninsular Malaysia as well as in the cockle Anadara granosa was investigated. Samples were extracted and analysed with gas chromatographymass spectrometry. The concentrations of total carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (t-PAHs) were measured between 0.80 0.04 to 162.96 14.74 ng/g wet weight (ww) in sediment, between 21.85 2.18 to 76.2 10.82 ng/L in water samples and between 3.34 0.77 to 46.85 5.50 ng/g ww in the cockle tissue. The risk assessment of probable human carcinogens in the Group B2 PAHs was calculated and assessed in accordance with the standards of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA). Case I in the toxicity assessment analysed the cancer risk to consumers of Malaysian blood cockle. Case II assessed the risk of cancer from exposure to PAHs from multiple pathways. The average cancer risk of case I and case II were found to be classifiable as unsafe according to the US EPA standard. The cancer risk due to c-PAHs acquired by the ingestion of blood cockle was (8.82 0.54) 10??6 to (2.67 0.06) 10??2, higher than the US EPA risk management criterion. The non-cancer risks associated with multiple pathways in Kuala Gula, Kuala Juru and Kuala Perlis were higher than the US EPA safe level, but the non-cancer risk for eating blood cockle was below the level of US EPA concern.     

Removal of heavy metals from sewage sludge by low costing chemical method and recycling in agriculture

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Major environmental and ecotoxicological processes of heavy metals in Lean River polluted by discharges from mining activities

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Recovery of heavy metals from electroplating sludge and stainless steel pickle waste liquid by ammonia leaching method

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Removal of high concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from contaminated soil by biodiesel

Solubilizing experiments were carried out to evaluate the ability of biodiesel to remove polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from highly contaminated manufactured gas plant (MGP) and PAHs spiked soils with hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HPCD) and tween 80 as comparisons. Biodiesel displayed the highest solubilities of phenanthrene (420.7 mg·L⁻¹), pyrene (541.0 mg·L⁻¹), and benzo(a)pyrene (436.3 mg·L⁻¹). These corresponded to several fold increases relative to 10% HPCD and tween 80. Biodiesel showed a good efficiency for PAH removal from the spiked and MGP soils for both low molecular weight and high molecular weight PAHs at high concentrations. Biodiesel was the best agent for PAH removal from the spiked soils as compared with HPCD and tween 80; as over 77.9% of individual PAH were removed by biodiesel. Tween 80 also showed comparable capability with biodiesel for PAH solubilization at a concentration of 10% for the spiked soils. Biodiesel solubilized a wider range of PAHs as compared to HPCD and tween 80 for the MPG soils. At PAH concentrations of 229.6 and 996.9 mg·kg⁻¹, biodiesel showed obvious advantage over the 10% HPCD and tween 80, because it removed higher than 80% of total PAH. In this study, a significant difference between PAH removals from the spiked and field MGP soils was observed; PAH removals from the MGP soil by HPCD and tween 80 were much lower than those from the spiked soil. These results demonstrate that the potential for utilizing biodiesel for remediation of highly PAH-contaminated soil has been established.     

热脱附对多环芳烃和重金属复合污染土壤的影响

热脱附技术被广泛用于污染场地修复,但其对多环芳烃（PAHs）与重金属复合污染土壤的综合影响仍不清楚。选用PAHs和重金属复合污染模拟土壤,探究热脱附温度（220~400 ℃）和停留时间（5~60 min）对土壤中PAHs的影响,分析空气与氮气气氛下热脱附温度（310、340和370 ℃）对土壤中重金属Cu、Pb、As和Cd形态分布的影响。结果表明：随热脱附温度和停留时间的增加,土壤中PAHs去除率显著增加;低环PAHs占比逐渐减少,而高环PAHs占比逐渐增加。在2种气氛热脱附后,Cu、Pb和As弱酸提取态占比略有增加,而Cd弱酸提取态占比显著降低;可还原态和可氧化态的转化趋势具有差异性。随着热脱附温度的升高,Cu、Pb、As和Cd 4种重金属的残渣态占比均逐渐增加,说明热脱附有利于4种重金属的固定。相较于空气,氮气条件下4种重金属可氧化态和残渣态占比均增加;Cu和Pb可还原态占比显著降低,而As可还原态占比有所降低,Cd可还原态占比变化不大。氮气更有利于Cu、Pb和Cd的稳定;相反,空气更有利于As的稳定。

     

鼠李糖脂对林丹-重金属复合污染土壤的同步淋洗效果研究

选取典型有机氯农药林丹及典型重金属Pb、Cd为目标污染物,以模拟污染土壤为对象,考察了鼠李糖脂对林丹/重金属的增溶/配合作用及其影响因素,同时分析了淋洗前后土壤重金属的形态变化,并深入研究了鼠李糖脂对林丹-重金属复合污染土壤的淋洗效果.结果表明,林丹溶解度随鼠李糖脂浓度及离子强度的提高显著增大,但随pH(5.0~10.0)的提高而逐渐降低.鼠李糖脂对Pb的配合能力大于Cd,两种重金属的配合浓度随鼠李糖脂浓度的增加而增加;pH提高对Pb的配合有抑制作用,而对Cd有所促进.鼠李糖脂在土壤上的吸附符合线性等温吸附.当鼠李糖脂浓度高于5000 mg·L-1时,其对3种污染物的淋洗开始有显著效果;当鼠李糖脂浓度为40000 mg·L-1时,其对林丹、Pb及Cd的去除率分别达到76.9%、18.0%和100%,且pH为7.0时淋洗效果最好.同时,鼠李糖脂对不同形态Pb和Cd的去除能力有差异,其中,对可交换态重金属的去除最为有效.     

Microbial diversity of soil bacteria in agricultural field contaminated with heavy metals

In this study we evaluated the bacterial diversity in a soil sample from a site next to a chemical industrial factory previously contaminated with heavy metals. Analysis of 16S rDNA sequences amplified from DNA directly extracted from the soil revealed 17 different bacterial types （genera and/or species）. They included Polyangium spp., Sphingomonas spp., Variovorax spp., Hafina spp., Clostridia, Acidobacteria, the enterics and some uncultured strains. Microbes able to tolerate high concentrations of cadmium （500μmol/L and above） were also isolated from the soil. These isolates included strains of Acinetobacter （strain CD06）, Enterobacter sp. （strains CD01, CD03, CD04 and CD08） （similar strains also identified in culture-independent approach） and a strain of Stenotrophomonas sp. The results indicated that the species identified from direct analysis of 16S rDNA of the soil can be quite different from those strains obtained from enrichment cultures and the microbial activities for heavy metal resistance might be more appropriately addressed by the actual isolates.     

Removal of heavy metals from a contaminated soil using tartaric acid

This study reports the feasibility of remediation of a heavy metal （HM） contaminated soil using tartaric acid, an environmentally-friendly extractant. Batch experiments were performed to test the factors influencing remediation of the HM contaminated soil. An empirical model was employed to describe the kinetics of riM dissolution/desorption and to predict equilibrium concentrations of HMs in soil leachate. The changes of HMs in different fractions before and after tartaric acid treatment were also investigated. Tartaric acid solution containing HMs was regenerated by chestnut shells. Results show that utilization of tartaric acid was effective for removal of riMs from the contaminated soil, attaining 50%-60% of Cd, 40%-50% of Pb, 40%-50% of Cu and 20%-30% of Zn in the pH range of 3.5-4.0 within 24 h. Mass transfer coefficients for cadmium （Cd） and lead （Pb） were much higher than those for copper （Cu） and zinc （Zn）. Sequential fractionations of treated and untreated soil samples showed that tartaric acid was effective in removing the exchangeable, carbonate fractions of Cd, Zn and Cu from the contaminated soil. The contents of Pb and Cu in Fe-Mn oxide fraciton were also significantly decreased by tartaric acid treatment. One hundred milliliters of tartaric acid solution containing HMs could be regenerated by 10 g chestnut shells in a batch reactor. Such a remediation procedure indicated that tartaric acid is a promising agent for remediation of HM contaminated soils. However, further research is needed before the method can be practically used for in situ remediation of contaminated sites.     

Sedimentary record of heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in lake constance

The enrichment of heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in dated sediments from Lake Constance during the past 75 years corresponds to the general increase of European coal consumption within the same period of time. Coals are assumed to be the main source of heavy-metal enrichment; incomplete combustion (pyrolysis) of coal also seems to be responsible for the very sharp increase of PAH.     

金属离子对长期污染土壤中多环芳烃解吸的影响

研究了离子强度、不同金属离子对土壤中PAHs表观解吸水平的影响.根据Pearson原理计算了菲、荧蒽、芘和苯并[k]荧蒽等几种PAHs的碱性特征参数并据此分析了其酸碱性类型.结果表明:实验条件下,解吸液中离子强度并非影响土壤中PAHs解吸的控制要素;不同硬度酸性金属离子与PAHs之间的酸碱作用是影响土壤中PAHs解吸水平变化的关键.硬酸性金属离子Ba2+、Al3+、Ca2+对土壤中PAHs的解吸具有促进作用,软酸性离子Hg2+、Ag+则具有抑制作用,比较而言交界酸性金属离子Cu2+、Fe2+、Zn2+在提高土壤中PAHs解吸上作用更加明显.     

混合表面活性剂对多环芳烃的增溶作用及机理

比较了研究了单一和混合表面活性剂对萘、苊、蒽、菲、芘的增溶作用及其机理。混合表面活性剂／单一表面活性对多环芳烃协同增溶／增溶作用的大小与水溶液中表面活性剂的结构、浓度、组成及有机溶质本身的性质有关。在临界胶束浓度（CMC）以上，单一表面活性剂对多环芳烃的增溶作用顺序为TritonX100＞Brij35＞TritonX305，与其亲水亲油平衡值（HLB）呈负相关；混合表面活性剂对多环芳烃能产生显著的增溶作用，其协同增溶作用顺序为SDS－TritonX305＞SDS－Brij35＞SDS－TritonX100，协同增溶作用的大小与其中的非离子表面活性剂的HLB值及多环芳烃的辛醇－水分配系数呈正相关。混合表面活性剂溶液的CMC值降低、溶质在胶束相／水相间分配系数Kmc的增大是产生协同增溶作用的主要原因。     

焦化污染土壤有机质不同组分中多环芳烃分布及其生物有效性分析

土壤有机质(SOM)是影响土壤中多环芳烃(PAHs)赋存的重要因素,本文对3个地区的PAHs污染土壤,将其分为土壤轻组分(LF)、重组分(HF)以及另外3个有机质组分(松散结合的腐殖质(H1)、稳定结合的腐殖质(H2)和紧密结合的腐殖质(H3)),采用过硫酸盐氧化法间接测定土壤中16种PAHs的生物有效性,分析了氧化前...     

多环芳烃在土壤剖面中迁移行为的土柱淋滤模拟研究

京津地区典型土壤剖面分析表明,土壤中PAHs含量和组成均随深度增大而呈现明显的变化.为了揭示PAHs在土壤剖面中的迁移特征与控制因素,开展了室内土柱模拟实验,考察了PAHs的迁移特点及影响因素,特别是土壤有机质含量的影响.采用3种土壤质地和TOC不同的土样装填土柱,以去离子水作为淋滤液对预先加入土柱表层的污染物(包括不同环数PAHs、d-Flu)进行淋滤,当达到淋滤量后分析土柱中PAHs含量及组成.结果表明,不同实验条件下,淋滤后土壤剖面不同层次土壤中PAHs含量均高于原土样中的,且PAHs主要富集在土柱表层,随深度增加其含量明显降低,但不同土柱中降幅不同;不同环数PAHs分布特征存在差异.与原土柱相比,除d-Flu和Flu等低环数芳烃的含量在剖面不同深度均有明显增大外,部分高环数PAHs相对含量在土柱的不同深度也明显增加,说明高环数PAHs也具有一定的迁移能力,但相对于3环PAHs,高环数PAHs在土壤中迁移能力较低.此外,土壤剖面PAHs的富集程度明显受土壤中TOC影响,PAHs总量或单体PAH含量在土柱中迁移的深度随着TOC含量降低而增加.