Evaluation of carbon-based nanosorbents synthesised by ethylene decomposition on stainless steel substrates as potential sequestrating materials for nickel ions in aqueous solution

The present work covers the preparation of carbon-based nanosorbents by ethylene decomposition on stainless steel mesh without the use of external catalyst for the treatment of water containing nickel ions (Ni²⁺). The reaction temperature was varied from 650 to 850℃, while reaction time and ethylene to nitrogen flow ratio were maintained at 30 min and 1:1 cm³/min, respectively. Results show that nanosorbents synthesised at a reaction temperature of 650℃ had the smallest average diameter (75 nm), largest BET surface area (68.95 m²/g) and least amount of impurity (0.98 wt.% Fe). A series of batch sorption tests were performed to evaluate the effects of initial pH, initial metal concentration and contact time on Ni²⁺ removal by the nanosorbents. The equilibrium data fitted well to Freundlich isotherm. The kinetic data were best correlated to a pseudo second-order model indicating that the process was of chemisorption type. Further analysis by the Boyd kinetic model revealed that boundary layer diffusion was the controlling step. This primary study suggests that the prepared material with Freundlich constants compared well with those in the literature, is a promising sorbent for the sequestration of Ni²⁺ in aqueous solutions.     

骨螺紫荧光猝灭法测定人发中镍

文中基于镍对骨螺紫的荧光具有猝灭的作用,并且加入曲拉通X-100后,猝灭程度明显加大的特性,拟定了一种测定痕量镍的方法。该方法的激发波长为365 nm,发射波长为443 nm,检测的线性范围为1～300μg/L,线性相关系数0.983 4,相对标准偏差为2.09%,检出限为0.084 4μg/L,样品的加标回收率为98.5%～103.6%,该方法可用于人发中镍的检测。     

Fenton氧化-混凝联合工艺处理络合铜镍废水的研究

采用Fenton试剂氧化-混凝联合工艺对难处理络合铜镍电镀废水进行了研究,考察了废水初始pH值、H2O2初始浓度、[Fe2 ]/[H2O2]、反应时间和温度、混凝液pH、混凝剂质量浓度对处理过程的影响,探讨了废水的降解途径和机理.结果表明,在体系初始pH=4,温度30℃,H2O2投加量为800mg/L,[Fe2 ]/[H2O2]=0.1,反应时间60 min,混凝液pH=8及混凝剂质量浓度为500mg/L的条件下,废水的COD去除率为96.98%,Cu2 为99.91%,Ni2 为99.92%,处理水完全达到国家一级排放标准.同时依据GC/MS对X-GN降解最终产物的分析结果,推导出废水的基本降解机理和途径.     

Exposure Assessment of Naturally Metal Enriched Topsoils, Port Macquarie, Australia

An exposure assessment was conducted on naturally metal enriched topsoils of the city of Port Macquarie in order to establish whether the soils pose any threat to human health. Surface soils (0–10 cm depth, <2 mm) were investigated for their total, bioavailable and leachable Cr and Ni concentrations. Total metal concentrations ranged from 145 to 4540 mg Cr kg^–1 and 20 to 2030 mg Ni kg^–1, whereas soil extractions revealed low leachable contaminant concentrations (EDTA extraction: <0.1–0.2 mg Cr L^–1 and <0.1–4.7 mg Ni L^–1; acetic acid extraction: <0.1 mg L^–1 Cr and Ni). Thus the bioavailability of Cr and Ni to plants is low, the leaching of metals into ground and surface waters is insignificant and the pathways of these metal pollutants from topsoils into residents are limited to the inadvertent ingestion, inhalation and skin adsorption of soil metals. Simulated gastric experiments, using hydrochloric acid, indicated that less than 0.01% of the total Cr and 0.1–2.4% of the total Ni ingested are soluble and available, for uptake into the human body. Critical receptors, such as small children would have to ingest considerable soil quantities (> 11.8 g per day) over long periods of time to experience an appreciable risk of deleterious effects. Thus, although Cr and Ni are present in high concentrations, the effective uptake of Cr and Ni from soil by the majority of residents is insignificant. The possibility that the Ni enriched topsoil induces allergic contact dermatitis in sensitised individuals remains to be evaluated.     

酵母融合菌-活性污泥曝气处理含镍废水研究

利用酵母融合菌RJ与活性污泥曝气处理含镍废水.实验结果表明,融合菌对废水中的镍具有很强的富集性能,投加10g/L菌体,处理20 mg/L含镍废水,去除率可达70.10%;同时投加6g/L活性污泥,去除率上升到80.73%,出水固液分离效果得到改善;且融合菌的pH值适用范围较广,当pH=3～9时,去除率均在75%以上;溶解氧是影响曝气生物吸附的重要因素,在缺氧或富氧环境下,生物吸附会受到抑制,DO为2.5～4.5 mg/L时吸附效果较好;融合菌-活性污泥曝气处理不同浓度Ni2 的吸附等温线符合Freundlich模型,相关系数为0.997 5.     

羰基镍急性中毒对大鼠骨髓细胞的DNA损伤

通过动物实验观察不同剂量羰基镍对大鼠骨髓细胞DNA损伤程度。采用SD大鼠,以135 mg·m~(-3)和250 mg·m~(-3)羰基镍为染毒组,250 mg·m~(-3)氯气为阳性对照组,静态方式染毒30 min。未染毒组为正常对照组,大鼠染毒后1、2、3和7 d分别采集样本。采用单细胞凝胶电泳检测每组大鼠骨髓细胞DNA的损伤程度。彗星尾长和Olive尾矩2个指标的分析结果表明,大鼠骨髓细胞DNA损伤程度随着羰基镍染毒剂量的增加而增加,在4个时间点各剂量组间均有显著差异(P0.05)且随时间的变化有一定的规律,损伤程度在3 d时达到最大,而后缓慢下降。羰基镍急性中毒对大鼠骨髓细胞DNA有一定的损伤,且存在剂量-效应关系,各剂量组损伤程度有一定的时间效应规律。     

ABTT浊点萃取-分光光度法测定废水中的痕量镍*

利用非离子表面活性剂Triton X-114在温度高于其浊点时形成相分离行为,建立了浊点萃取-分光光度法测定水溶液中痕量镍的新方法,探讨优化了以1-偶氮苯-3-噻唑-三氮烯(ABTT)为显色剂,Triton X-114浊点萃取富集痕量镍的实验条件。在最大吸收波长为λ=540 nm外,其表观摩尔吸光系数为8.064×105 L/(mol.cm),线性范围为0～0.35μg/mL,相关系数为0.9990。在优化的实验条件下,进行了痕量镍的分析,加标回收率为97.9%～102.1%,应用于水溶液中痕量镍的测定,结果令人满意。     

碱性化学镀镍废液的净化处理

找到了一种处理碱性化学镀镍废液的新方法 ,研究了镀液组成、温度、时间、漂白粉浓度对化学镀镍废液处理结果的影响。结果表明 ,用漂白粉处理碱性化学镀镍废液是可行的。     

Effect of nickel exposure on serum amylase activity in nickel-plating workers

The objective of this study was to determine the effect of nickel (Ni) exposure on serum amylase activity in nickel-plating workers in Bangalore (India). Sixty-nine subjects using Ni during the electroplating process formed the exposed group. An equal number of age- and sex-matched subjects working in the administration section formed the control group. Urine Ni levels were determined using a flameless atomic absorption spectrophotometer. Serum amylase activity was determined using spectrophotometric method with 2-chloro-4-nitrophenyl-α-D-maltotrioside as substrate. A significant increase in urine Ni and serum amylase activity was noted in nickel platers as compared with the control group. The level of serum amylase activity was positively and significantly associated with Ni content in urine of nickel platers. Stepwise multiple regression analysis was used to assess the effects of Ni exposure, life style confounding factors and presence of gastrointestinal problems on serum amylase activity. The analysis showed that the subjects who had urine Ni levels beyond 10?µg?g^?1 of creatinine, nickel platers category, smoking and body mass index variables were significantly associated with serum amylase activity. The results of this study suggest that the increased serum amylase activity observed in nickel-exposed subjects could be used as a biomarker for investigating pancreatic function in Ni exposure.     

Metals in the indoor environment

There is a growing recognition that individual exposures to a broad spectrum of metal, inorganic and organic pollutants exceed those from ambient and in some cases from the vicinity of industry environments. The agents often found in indoor environments are mostly known to be hazardous in high concentrations, but the lower limit of their dose response relationships are poorly defined.

The major sources of metals in indoor environments are cigarette smoke (mainstream and side stream), fuel combustion, house dust and consumer products with arsenic, cadmium, lead and nickel being of primary toxicological potential (i.e. carcinogenic, genotoxic and reproductive development). Aspects of levels and duration of human exposure to these elements in relation to existing body burdens and subsequent bioavailability and interactions are generally poorly known from inhalation sources.

Although the magnitude of indoor health hazards to metallic constituents is not now known, mounting evidence suggests that both identification of agents and the measurement of indoor exposures are critical for a more realistic assessment of the effect of this aspect of air pollution on human health.