Removal and recycling of copper from aqueous solutions using treated Indian barks

Removal of copper from aqueous solutions containing 100–1000 ppm, using different Indian bark species, was performed on laboratory scale. The percentage removal of metal ions depends on the solution pH, bark species and time. The efficiency of copper removal by the used raw barks increases with a rise of solution pH and reaches a maximum of about 65–78% around pH 4–5. However, the decontaminated aqueous solutions were colored due to the dissolution of soluble organic compounds contained in the raw bark. This increases the biological and chemical oxygen demand (BOD and COD) of the solutions as well as the total organic carbon content (TOC). For this reason, raw bark should be treated either by chemical or biological means. Such treatment will allow the extraction of the soluble organic compounds and increase the chelating capacity and efficiency of the treated bark. Depending on the pH value, the chelating efficiency of treated barks is about 1.2–2.2 times that of the raw ones. Moreover, the retention capacity of the Indian treated bark varies from about 42–51 mg/g of dry bark. It is equal to or higher than that of common European species. About 1.8 mols of H₃O⁺ are released, by the treated barks, for every mol of chelated copper ions. Moreover, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) observations show uniform distribution of metal ions throughout the copper saturated bark. Infra red (IR) spectra suggest that the copper ions are chelated to hydroxyl and/or carboxyl functional groups of organic compounds contained in the treated bark. It seems that the interaction of the copper ions with the bark follows a cation exchange mechanism. This hypothesis is supported by elution experiments that allow recovery of about 99% of the contained copper. The retention capacity of the treated bark is almost constant after five cycles of chelation–elution, suggesting that the ‘life time cycle' is sufficiently long for continuous industrial application. The spent copper loaded barks can either be incinerated or pyrolysed. It generates solids containing either ≈80% of CuO or ≈14% of Cu°, respectively. Such materials can be used either in the secondary or primary copper production, thus offering a friendly environmental solution of effluents' treatment. The suggested process can be used as an alternative to the classical technologies for effluent decontamination. It is also efficient for polishing effluents treated by other methods.     

光致氯生水合电子降解二甲基亚硝胺的研究

采用紫外光致水合电子这一新型技术降解水中的痕量NDMA,初步研究了紫外光致水合电子对NDMA的降解效能,重点考察了NDMA的一级分解产物DMA、亚硝酸盐及硝酸盐进一步的降解情况,并与紫外直接光解进行比较。结果表明,与紫外直接光解相比,紫外光致水合电子不仅能加快NDMA本身的降解速率,还能有效地促使NDMA的分解产物进一步降解,从而达到控制NDMA的再生、降低水的化学风险的目的。这项研究对于彻底消除水中的二甲基亚硝胺污染具有一定的理论指导意义。     

Seasonal comparison of moss bag technique against vertical snow samples for monitoring atmospheric pollution

This is the first study seasonally applying Sphagnum papillosum moss bags and vertical snow samples for monitoring atmospheric pollution.Moss bags,exposed in January,were collected together with snow samples by early March 2012 near the Harjavalta Industrial Park in southwest Finland.Magnetic,chemical,scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy(SEM-EDX),K-means clustering,and Tomlinson pollution load index(PLI)data showed parallel spatial trends of pollution dispersal for both materials.Results strengthen previous findings that concentrate and slag handling activities were important(dust)emission sources while the impact from Cu–Ni smelter's pipe remained secondary at closer distances.Statistically significant correlations existed between the variables of snow and moss bags.As a summary,both methods work well for sampling and are efficient pollutant accumulators.Moss bags can be used also in winter conditions and they provide more homogeneous and better controlled sampling method than snow samples.     

亚硫酸盐/紫外体系的还原脱卤效能

水合电子(e-aq)是已知活性最强的还原物种之一.基于SO_3~(2-)受紫外光激发活化会释放e-aq的性质,提出了SO_3~(2-)/UV高级还原体系,用于降解稳定污染物.以7种卤乙酸为目标物,从卤素取代种类、卤代程度、实际水质本底影响等角度,考察了该体系对毒性卤代有机物(HOCs)的降解及脱卤效能,并探讨了相关机理.结果表明:HOCs的降解至少有直接光解和e-aq还原两条途径.卤素取代种类与卤化程度决定了HOCs的直接光解特性,其速率随氯、溴、碘取代顺序及卤化程度的增加而加快.SO_3~(2-)/UV体系显著提高了HOCs的降解及脱卤效率;对于直接光解慢的HOCs,其降解与脱卤主要由e-aq还原引起.SO_3~(2-)/UV体系在两种地表水质本底下仍具有较高的脱卤效能.     

水合电子的性质及其检测

水合电子是一种强还原剂,它由一个电子及其周围的六个水分子包围所组成[1-3]。它是被水分子团包围着的裸露电子,化学性质十分活泼,是目前已知还原剂中的最强者。除了氖和氦等个别物质外,水合电子几乎能与任何元素及化合物发生化学反应。它还能与某些物质合成许多极难合成的物质。水合电子在国外已经被研究了几十年,而国内对于水合电子的性质及研究方法了解的还比较少,本文着重介绍了水合电子的独特性能、检测方法、国内外的研究动态以及最新的研究热点等。     

短程反硝化聚磷的反硝化特征研究

研究了温度、pH值、电子供体种类及电子受体种类对反硝化的影响。试验结果表明，（1）在相同试验条件下。亚硝酸型反硝化与硝酸型反硝化的速率与硝态氮的浓度有关。在温度为25℃、pH为7的条件下，基质浓度〈300mg／L时短程反硝化速率较快；基质浓度≥300mg／L时，以NO3^-为基质的反硝化速率较大。（2）具有大量碳源储存物（PHB）的细菌可实现快速的内源性反硝化脱氮，而处于饥饿状态的细菌的内源性反硝化效率极低。     

Recommendations for Monitoring of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in the Canadian Environment

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) have been reported in air, surface waters, suspended sediments, soil, sediment, fish, marine mammals, and bird eggs throughout Canada, from the St. Lawrence Estuary to the Strait of Georgia and the northernmost reaches of the Canadian Arctic. Canadian scientists have detected the presence of PBDEs in breast milk in every Canadian province. In fact, recent data on temporal trends strongly suggests that the concentrations of PBDEs are on the rise in the Canadian environment. These findings are similar to those reported in other nordic countries, and have prompted several countries to implement environmental monitoring programs. Among the key challenges currently facing Canada and other countries concerns how best to measure these chemicals in different matrices. In this paper, several analytical methods cited in the scientific literature for determining PBDE concentrations in different abiotic and biological matrices are reviewed. The critical criteria required for accurate determination of PBDEs in complex environmental matrices are discussed, including instrument sensitivity, reliability, potential interference's and the need for specialized instrumentation for the determination of compounds up to 975 Daltons. While a single analytical method that meets these and other criteria has not yet been perfected by scientists, GC/HRMS-based methods amenable to isotope dilution techniques warrant further refinement, and likely represent the best tools for future environmental monitoring programs.     

Fetal skin biopsy in prenatal diagnosis of some genodermatoses

Various methods of obtaining fetal skin for prenatal diagnosis of certain autosomal-recessive congenital genodermatoses have been assessed. An attempt was made to obtain fetal skin by fetoscopy in 15 patients prior to pregnancy termination for a variety of medical reasons at 18–26 weeks. Specimens were obtained only in five cases (8 successful attempts out of 48). In twelve cases, of which five had a history of a child with junctional (Herlitz type) or dystrophic (Hallopeau-Siemens type) epidermolysis bullosa or non-bullous congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma at 16–25 weeks of pregnancy, fetal skin was obtained without fetoscopy under direct ultrasonic control. Specimens were obtained in all cases (33 successful attempts out of 39). In three cases, fetal pathology was diagnosed by the method of semi-thin and ultra-thin skin sections, and the respective pregnancies were terminated.     

兰州大气飘尘萃取物的电子自旋共振信号及对细胞DNA的损伤

兰州市是我国化学工业中心之一,大气污染十分严重,空气中含多种致癌物质。据报道,该市大气飘尘中含有大量稳定性自由基物质,其与人类疾病密切相关。研究飘尘吸附的自由基物质及其危害很重要,但国内对此研究极少。Lyons等人首先观察到大气飘尘具有电子顺磁共振(ESR)信号,并用苯萃取得到具有信号的物质,推测信号中可能     

Prenatal diagnosis of tyrosinase-negative oculocutaneous albinism by an electron microscopic dopa reaction test of fetal skin

An electron microscopic DOPA reaction test of fetal skin was used for the prenatal diagnosis of tyrosinase-negative oculocutaneous albinism (OCA). The subject was a 34-year-old Japanese woman in her second pregnancy. Her first child, born in 1982, had been previously examined and confirmed to have tyrosinase-negative OCA. The parents requested a prenatal diagnosis and we sampled skin from the upper trunk of the fetus. On conventional electron microscopy, the development of melanosomes in interfollicular melanocytes had progressed no further than stage II. Fetal skin samples incubated with L-DOPA solution indicated a lack of tyrosinase activity and showed that the melanosomes had not progressed beyond stage II. In skin samples from the trunks of three Japanese fetuses aborted for other reasons at 19–20 weeks of gestation, most premature melanosomes were further melanized to stage IV after incubation with L-DOPA solution. A prenatal diagnosis of tyrosinase-negative OCA was made. The parents requested a termination and skin biopsies of the abortus confirmed the diagnosis. This study shows that tyrosinase is normally present in melanocytes of the fetal epidermis at 20 weeks' gestation, and that the electron microscopic DOPA reaction test of a fetal skin biopsy specimen is safe and practical, and provides reliable information for making a prenatal diagnosis of tyrosinase-negative OCA in the second trimester.