Market-based solutions: An appropriate approach to resolve environmental problems

It was the first time that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC),which was founded in 1988,regarded climate change as a significant international political problem(O’Brien and Williams 2007).Over the next decades,environmentalist and policy makers have been applying many efficient ways to solve various environmental problems and have gained achievements.With the support of successful cases,this paper will focus on the market-based solutions and discuss its advantages compared with the conventional approach.     

碱性蚀刻废液中的铜回收

考察N910、Lix84-I、N902和RE609 4种不同类型的萃取剂从高浓度铜氨溶液中萃取铜的效率,选取萃取效果较好的N910作为重点研究对象,并研究其从铜氨溶液萃取铜的萃取性能。实验发现,N910具有萃取速率快、饱和容量高、分离效果好、反萃完全及不易萃氨等特点;并用80%N910+煤油溶液,在pH=9.5,温度25℃,相比(O/A)1∶1条件,进行真实料液萃取实验,振荡10 min,萃取中铜离子的浓度达到69.66 g/L。因此,N910能够作为一种高效的铜萃取剂,从碱性蚀刻废液中回收铜。     

南京北郊冬春季大气能见度影响因子贡献研究

为研究南京北郊气象要素以及气溶胶对大气能见度的影响,利用2014年1~5月的能见度、相对湿度、温度、颗粒物浓度及其化学成分等观测数据,探讨了气溶胶不同化学组分对消光系数的贡献,提出了该地区能见度基于不同参数的拟合方案.结果表明,观测期间平均能见度为(5.78±3.64)km,能见度与相对湿度、PM_(2.5)存在明显的负相关,相关系数分别为-0.66、-0.48.冬季平均消光系数为(398.72±219.88)Mm~(-1),Organic、NH_4NO_3、(NH_4)_2SO_4和EC对消光的贡献率分别为38.81%、27.81%、23.95%和7.15%;春季平均消光系数为(248.36±78.42)Mm~(-1),Orgamic、NH_4NO_3、(NH_4)_2SO_4和EC对消光的贡献率分别为31.59%、24.36%、32.63%和8.64%.对比不同的能见度拟合方案时,基于颗粒物成分的能见度拟合方案优于基于散射系数的.不同相对湿度区间内PM_(2.5)对能见度的影响程度不同,基于PM_(2.5)、相对湿度和温度的能见度拟合方案说明:低相对湿度的条件下,PM_(2.5)对能见度的影响较大;随相对湿度增大,相对湿度成为更为重要的影响因子.     

Removal of heavy metals from aqueous solution by sawdust adsorption

The adsorption of lead, cadmium and nicel from aqueous solution by sawdust of walnut was investigated. The effect of contact time, initial metal ion concentration and temperature on metal ions removal has been studied. The equilibrium time was found to be of the order of 60 min. Kinetics fit pseudo first-order, second-order and intraparticle diffusion models, hence adsorption rate constants were calculated. The adsorption data of metal ions at temperatures of 25, 45 and 60~C have been described by the Freundlich and Langmuir isotherm models. The thermodynamic parameters such as energy, entropy and enthalpy changes for the adsorption of heavy metal ions have also been computed and discussed. Ion exchange is probably one of the major adsorption mechanisms for binding divalent metal ions to the walnut sawdust. The selectivity order of the adsorbent is Pb（I1）~Cd（II）〉Ni（I1）. From these results, it can be concluded that the sawdust of walnut could be a good adsorbent for the metal ions from aqueous solutions.