Investigation of the complexation of metal-ions by strong ligands in fresh and marine water

SCOPE: The detection and investigation of metal ions bound in strong complexes in natural waters is a difficult task, due to low concentration of the metal ions themselves, and also of the strong ligands, which, moreover, are often not of a well-defined composition. Here, a method is proposed for the investigation of the speciation of metal ions in natural waters. OBJECTIVE AND METHOD: It is based on the sorption of metal ions on strongly sorbing ion exchange resins, i.e. complexing resins. For this reason the method is called Resin Titration. It has been shown in previous investigations that the concentration of metal ion totally sorbed by a particular resin, and its reaction coefficient in the solution phase in the presence of the resin, can be determined from the sorption data using a simple relationship. Here, a data treatment (the Ruzic linearization method) is proposed for also determining the concentration of the ligands responsible for the complex in equilibrium with the resin. RESULTS: The method was applied to data obtained by Resin Titration of a freshwater and a seawater. Copper(II) and aluminium(III) were considered, using Chelex 100 as a titrant, due to its strong sorbing properties towards these metal ions. The results were: the total metal concentration in equilibrium with the resin, the side reaction coefficients, and the concentration of ligands. In all these cases the ligands forming very strong complexes were found to be at concentration lower than that of the metals. CONCLUSION: The Ruzic linearization method allows the determination of the concentration of the ligands forming very strong complexes in equilibrium with Chelex 100. The reaction coefficient was better determined by the calculation method previously proposed for RT. The ligands responsible for the strong complexes were found to be at low concentration, often lower than that of the metal ions considered. The metal in the original sample is partly bound to these ligands, since the complexes are very strong. Only a part of the metal is linked to weaker ligands, or free.     

Speciation of heavy metals in estuarine sediments in the northeast of Brazil

An analytical procedure involving a three-step sequential extraction was used to determine the chemical association of heavy metals (Zn, Cr, Mn and Fe) with the major phases (exchangable, reducible and oxidizable) in samples from a fishpond of estuarine sediments. The pond is located in the Capibaribe River estuary, within the boundaries of the city of Recife, in the State of Pernambuco in the northeast of Brazil. The total metal content was determined as well. All metals were extracted from the residual fraction at a percentage greater than 50%.     

污泥在堆肥及油污土壤修复中重金属形态的研究

污泥堆肥工艺是实现污泥减量化,无害化和资源化的重要手段。文章考察了污泥在堆肥前后四类重金属(铜、锌、铅和镉)形态的变化。结果显示,铜、锌、铅和镉在堆肥前后的总量变化不大,Cu、Zn主要以有机结合态和残渣态形式存在,而Pb、Cd主要以残渣态形式存在。堆肥处理过程中可交换态重金属都呈下降趋势,但各种重金属的可交换态变化幅度不同,以Zn和Cd下降幅度最大,Zn的可交换态由堆肥前的10.5%下降到堆肥后的4.8%;Cd的可交换态从堆肥前的3.2%下降到堆肥后的1.8%,下降比例超过和接近50%。随着向土壤中添加污泥及堆肥量的增加,小麦植株地上和地下部分重金属含量也相应增加,且地下部分含量高于地上部分,小麦中重金属含量在地下部与地上部之间的比值恒定,特别是Pd,Cd的地上和地下部分浓度比可分别达到130和15～20,经堆肥处理的污泥可以降低小麦对其中重金属的吸收。将污泥及堆肥腐熟品添加至石油污染土壤中,与对照相比土壤中的石油烃含量有一定幅度的下降,最大下降幅度为19.6%。处理一个月后重金属含量及其形态变化不大,Zn具有向铁锰氧化态转化的趋势。     

Evaluation of mercury speciation and removal through air pollution control devices of a 190 MW boiler

Air pollution control devices (APCDs) are installed at coal-fired power plants for air pollutant regulation. Selective catalytic reduction (SCR) and wet flue gas desulfurization (FGD) systems have the co-benefits of air pollutant and mercury removal. Configuration and operational conditions of APCDs and mercury speciation a ect mercury removal e ciently at coal-fired utilities. The Ontario Hydro Method (OHM) recommended by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was used to determine mercury speciation simultaneously at five sampling locations through SCR-ESP-FGD at a 190 MW unit. Chlorine in coal had been suggested as a factor a ecting the mercury speciation in flue gas; and low-chlorine coal was purported to produce less oxidized mercury (Hg2+) and more elemental mercury (Hg0) at the SCR inlet compared to higher chlorine coal. SCR could oxidize elemental mercury into oxidized mercury when SCR was in service, and oxidation e ciency reached 71.0%. Therefore, oxidized mercury removal e ciency was enhanced through a wet FGD system. In the non-ozone season, about 89.5%–96.8% of oxidized mercury was controlled, but only 54.9%–68.8% of the total mercury was captured through wet FGD. Oxidized mercury removal e ciency was 95.9%–98.0%, and there was a big di erence in the total mercury removal e ciencies from 78.0% to 90.2% in the ozone season. Mercury mass balance was evaluated to validate reliability of OHM testing data, and the ratio of mercury input in the coal to mercury output at the stack was from 0.84 to 1.08.     

稀土工业污染土壤对外源钍的吸附行为研究

研究了外源钍在土壤上的吸附行为并评估其对土壤的污染风险.通过静态吸附解吸实验考察土壤样品对不同量外源钍的吸附容量、吸附平衡时间、分配系数和解吸能力.土壤样品对外源钍有很强的吸附能力,在吸附平衡时吸附百分比均大于92%,而解吸率均小于5%;钍在土壤溶液中分配系数最高可达104以上;吸附容量和平衡时间与土壤性质有关.吸附实验结果表明,可用Freundlich吸附等温式和Elovich方程分别描述土壤样品对钍吸附的热力学行为(r≥0.916 7)和动力学过程(R2≥0.898 0).较佳的拟合结果表明,土壤样品对外源钍的吸附是非线性物理化学吸附,吸附反应速率受钍在土壤表面和矿物内层扩散影响.采用形态连续萃取法分析外源钍在土壤上吸附后的赋存形态.由钍形态萃取结果,少量外源钍(10-7~10-6mol.L-1)进入土壤后主要以不稳定非残留态存在,其含量在58%以上;随着外源钍量增加,钍非残留态量增加,同时更多外源钍迁移到稳定残留态.     

安溪铁观音茶园土壤重金属赋存形态及生态风险评价

用改进的BCR连续提取法提取安溪铁观音茶园土壤中重金属元素(Li、Fe、Zn、Ba、Sr、Ti、Co、Cr、Cd、Mn、Ni、Pb、V、Mg、Cu)的赋存形态,分析其生物有效性并作出生态风险评价。重金属赋存形态研究结果表明,Cd的形态总体分布为弱酸溶态残渣态可还原态可氧化态,Pb的形态总体分布为可还原态可氧化态弱酸溶态残渣态,Cu的形态总体分布为可还原态可氧化态残渣态弱酸溶态,其余重金属皆以残渣态为主。生物有效性分析结果表明,Pb、Cd、Cu、Mn、Ni、Sr等重金属的潜在生物可利用性较高,其所占百分比分别为90.4%、73.0%、36.6%、32.8%、23.8%、22.9%。对茶园土壤中的重金属作生态风险评价,地累积指数法和潜在生态危害指数法结果均表明,大部分土壤样品是清洁安全的,部分土壤受到Cd元素污染,污染程度达到中度污染级别。     

氧化亚铁硫杆菌生物浸出铅锌硫化矿尾矿及浸出过程中重金属形态分析研究

研究嗜酸性氧化亚铁硫杆菌(Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans,A.f)对铅锌硫化矿尾矿重金属离子的生物浸出和重金属形态变化有助于了解生物浸出作用的过程变化.通过考察生物浸出体系中不同的矿浆浓度对pH值和浸出尾矿重金属的影响,探究生物浸出过程的重金属形态变化情况.结果表明,生物浸出作用对pH值和尾矿重金属的浸出影响巨大,随着矿浆浓度的增加,pH值下降速率呈现先升高后降低、重金属浸出率也呈现先增加后降低的趋势,最佳的生物浸出矿浆浓度为50 g·L~(-1),Fe和Zn的最佳浸出率分别为85.45%和97.85%.重金属形态分析表明,生物浸出作用对尾矿重金属形态变化产生巨大的影响,随着浸出时间的延长,重金属形态逐渐改变,首先易迁移的重金属被生物浸出,然后稳定的重金属也逐渐被生物浸出.     

温度变化时沉积物中铜、镉形态对水生生物的可给性

运用重金属逐级提取法,采用人工半合成方法,对温度变化时长江南京段沉积物中铜、镉形态对鲤鱼和螺蛳的生物可给性进行了研究。结果表明,由于生活习性不同,鲤鱼和螺蛳富集铜、镉受温度变化的影响不同。温度升高时,主要在水体底层活动的鲤鱼富集铜、镉的能力明显增加;作为底栖生物的螺蛳的富集能力不随温度增加而变化。     

Environmental risk assessment for trisodium [S,S]-ethylene diamine disuccinate, a biodegradable chelator used in detergent applications

Environmental safety data are presented for [S,S]-Ethylene Diamine Disuccinate ([S,S]EDDS), a new, biodegradable, strong transition metal chelator. An environmental risk assessment for its use in detergent applications, which takes into account the chelating properties of [S,S]-EDDS, is proposed.

A property of [S,S]-EDDS that distinguishes it from other strong transition metal chelators is its, “ready” and transparent (no recalcitrant metabolites) biodegradation profile. Because its sorption to activated sludge solids is low ( Kp of 40 1/kg), removal of [S,S]EDDS during sewage treatment, which is greater than 96% as determined by the Continuous Activated Sludge test , is mainly ascribed to biodegradation. At projected use volumes in detergent applications [S,S] - EDDS predicted steady-state concentration in rivers leaving the mixing zone will be below 5 pg/I due to rapid biodegradation. [S,S]-EDDS exhibits low toxicity to fish and Daphnia ( both EC₅₀s> 1000 mg/l). By contrast, due to limitation of the algal test for chelators apparent toxicity was observed (EC₅₀ = 0.290 mg/l, NOEC - No observable Effect Concentration = 0.125 mg/l). Schowanek et al. [1] demonstrated that this is not toxicity sensu stricto but a chelation effect of trace metals in the test medium and of resulting essential nutrients limitation. This requires specific attention when the results of algal toxicity are to be extrapolated to a field situation to perform realistic risk assessment. Metal speciation calculations, using MINEQL+, show that at the predicted environmental concentrations of [S,S] - EDDS (1–5 μg/l), such a chelation effect would be insignificant. These calculations allow to estimate the NOEC for chelation effects in the field to be in the range of 0.250-0.500 mg/l, depending on the background water chemistry. These values are well above the laboratory NOEC.

An environmental risk assessment was performed using the EUSES (1.0) program. EUSES is currently the EU recommended tool for conducting risk assessments (TGD 1995). It was applied to estimate the river water and soil concentrations from production, formulation and private use life stages. The estimated PEC/PNEC ratio in all relevant environmental compartments is smaller than 1, indicating “no immediate concern” at the anticipated usage level.     

颗粒物悬浮体系中聚合铝凝聚絮凝形态表征 (Ⅰ):Al-Feron法的应用研究

应用Ａｌ－Ｆｅｒｒｏｎ法于悬浮体系中聚合铝的形态分布表征,对其中的主要影响因素进行探讨,就不同碱化度聚合铝的形态分析进行实例研究。结果表明,混合方式对Ａｌ－Ｆｅｒｒｏｎ法的应用具有一定的影响作用。比色管混合测得Ａｌａ为２１．５４％,低于磁力搅拌方式结果（２４．５２％,２５．２２％,２５．０６％）。应用磁力搅拌方式可以获取较好的重复性与更多初期反应信息。颗粒物的存在对反应的影响主要取决于其浓度与粒度