铬在稳定塘系统中的迁移分布和归宿

含铬污水进入混合较好的稳定塘系统时,铬在其中累积,其累积规律可用如下数学模式描述: 稳定塘系统能较好地去除污水中的铬。被去除的铬主要转入塘底沉积物中。塘中放养凤眼莲能提高除铬效果,因为放养凤眼莲能使铬更充分有效地沉降。能否充分地运用有利于悬浮微粒聚结沉降的技术和措施,是设计除铬或类似重金属稳定塘系统成功与否的关键之一。     

Metals in feathers of sooty tern, white tern, gray-backed tern, and brown noddy from islands in the North Pacific

Levels of heavy metals are usuallyhigher in adult than young birds because they eatlarger, more contaminated prey, or because they havehad longer to accumulate metals in their tissues.Further, levels of contaminants are usually less inbirds nesting on remote, offshore islands than inbirds breeding closer to mainland areas that areurbanized and industrialized. We examined the featherlevels of arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead, manganese,mercury, and selenium in adult sooty terns (Sterna fuscata), gray-backed terns (Sterna lunata), and brown noddy (Anous stolidus, and adult and young white terns (Gygis alba, fromMidway Atoll, and in adult and young sooty terns andadult brown noddy from Manana Island, Hawaii (chicksof other terns were not available). We tested andrejected the null hypotheses that metal levels are notsignificantly different among species, ages, andlocations. Despite their small size, adult white ternshad the highest levels of lead, arsenic and tin. Brownnoddies had the highest levels of cadmium, chromium,manganese, and selenium. Sooty and white terns had thehighest levels of mercury. Sooty tern adults hadsignificantly higher levels of cadmium, mercury, andselenium than young, while young had significantlyhigher levels of arsenic and manganese. White ternadults had significantly higher levels of selenium andtin than young, while young had higher levels ofcadmium and mercury than adults. Except for mercury,there were significant inter-location differenceswithin species in all heavy metals. Contrary toexpectation, where the differences were great, metalsgenerally were higher in the feathers of terns andnoddies from Midway than from Manana.     

Printed in great Britain Cr(VI) and other metallic mutagens in fly ash and welding fumes†

Particulate samples taken from both the indoor (working) and outdoor (community) environments contain a wide range of metallic trace elements most of which are mutagenic in at least one of the short term tests for genotoxicity currently in use. Because of the demonstrated presence of a short lived biologically active species (Cr(VI)), and the uncertainty with which the results of the screening of metallic compounds in short term tests can be interpreted in terms of human risk, great care must be taken to assure the appropriate collection, storage, and chemical and biological assay of such material. The sensitivity of the results for fly ash and welding fumes to variations in these protocols is demonstrated and discussed.     

碳纳米管-海藻酸钠复合吸附材料的制备及其对高浓度Cr（Ⅲ）的吸附

以碳纳米管（CNTs）和海藻酸钠（SA）为主要原料,制备了环境友好型的复合吸附材料——CNTs-SA。采用TEM和FTIR技术对吸附材料进行了表征,并采用静态法考察了溶液pH、吸附时间、原料固液比（m（CNTs）∶V（SA））等因素对CNTs-SA吸附Cr（Ⅲ）的影响。表征结果显示,CNTs-SA表面引入了更多的—COOH和—CO基团,导致其吸附Cr（Ⅲ）的效果较CNTs有了显著的提高。实验结果表明：在室温、初始Cr（Ⅲ）质量浓度4 000 mg/L、CNTs-SA加入量21 mg/mL、溶液pH 5、吸附时间3 h、m（CNTs）∶V（SA）=1.0 mg/mL的条件下,CNTs-SA对Cr（Ⅲ）的吸附量为120 mg/g,Cr（Ⅲ）去除率为61.5%;Freundlich等温吸附方程适合描述CNTs-SA对Cr（Ⅲ）的吸附行为。     

生物炭负载硫化改性纳米零价铁去除水中的Cr(Ⅵ)

为研发治理地下水Cr(Ⅵ)污染的可行除铬材料,以碳热法制得生物炭负载纳米零价铁（BC-nZVI）,并通过对BC-nZVI硫化改性制备得到改性材料（M-BC-nZVI）,采用除铬容量、铬铁比（Cr/Fe）、反应活性分析M-BC-nZVI的除铬优势,通过模拟柱试验建立失效速率模型,从而推算M-BC-nZVI完全失效的除铬容量,最后与相关文献数据进行对比,分析M-BC-nZVI除Cr(Ⅵ)的应用可行性。结果表明：M-BC-nZVI材料的除铬容量、Cr/Fe、拟一级反应速率常数（k_obs）分别是BC-nZVI的1.86倍、1.95倍和3.00倍,因此相对于BC-nZVI来说M-BC-nZVI更具除铬优势;各模拟柱在运行过程中无明显堵塞情况,且随着进水浓度的升高,M-BC-nZVI的失效速率常数变大。当失效除铬速率为初始除铬速率的1.0%、进水Cr(Ⅵ)浓度为5 mg/L时,除铬容量最高,可以达到12.70 mg/g;对比M-BC-nZVI与其他文献报道的铁基材料及铁基改性材料的Cr/Fe可知,M-BC-nZVI的Cr/Fe为其他文献的1.06~42.06倍,故从材料的除铬性能来看,M-BC-nZVI应用于可渗透反应墙处理地下水Cr(Ⅵ)污染可行。

     

底泥铬污染的纳米铁粉修复及其土壤酶活性动态

采用纳米铁粉修复Cr(Ⅵ)不同程度污染底泥,通过测定底泥中4种土壤酶活性,分析纳米铁粉修复对Cr(Ⅵ)污染底泥土壤酶活性的恢复情况.结果表明,纳米铁粉修复对底泥Cr(Ⅵ)有很好的去除效果,添加底泥干质量1%的纳米铁粉在16 d内对底泥30～100 mg·kg-1的Cr(Ⅵ)的去除率均高于99.7%.Cr(Ⅵ)污染显著降低了底泥多酚氧化酶、过氧化氢酶、蛋白酶和脲酶的活性.其中多酚氧化酶对Cr(Ⅵ)污染有很好的线性响应,可用于0～100 mg·kg-1底泥Cr(Ⅵ)污染评价.经过16 d的纳米铁粉修复,Cr(Ⅵ)污染底泥的脲酶活性恢复至未污染对照水平,过氧化氢酶活性的恢复效果不明显,多酚氧化酶和蛋白酶活性有待进一步恢复.     

Response of soil catalase activity to chromium contamination

The impact of chromium(III) and (VI) forms on soil catalase activity was presented. The Orthic Podzol, Haplic Phaeozem and Mollic Gleysol from di erent depths were used in the experiment. The soil samples were amended with solution of Cr(III) using CrCl3, and with Cr(VI) using K2Cr2O7 in the concentration range from 0 to 20 mg/kg, whereas the samples without the addition of chromium served as control. Catalase activity was assayed by one of the commonly used spectrophotometric methods. As it was demonstrated in the experiment, both Cr(III) and Cr(VI) have an ability to reduce soil catalase activity. A chromium dosage of 20 mg/kg caused the inhibition of catalase activity and the corresponding contamination levels ranged from 75% to 92% for Cr(III) and 68% to 76% for Cr(VI), with relation to the control. Catalase activity reached maximum in the soil material from surface layers (0–25 cm), typically characterized by the highest content of organic matter creating favorable conditions for microorganisms.     

施加电压对铬污染土壤电动修复的影响

试验研究了不同电压条件下电动修复去除效率和单位能耗随施加电压的变化关系,探讨了电动修复经济有效的电压范围.试验选用重铬酸钾作为污染物,配制高岭土中Cr(Ⅵ)初始质量分数为100 mg/kg和500 mg/kg,含水量为50%,试验运行48 h,用乙酸控制阴极pH在4～7之间,施加一系列不同直流电压.试验结果表明,随着施加电压升高,去除效率增大,电压升高到1 V/cm时,去除效率显著升高,2种试验土壤去除效率分别为76.7%和89.8%;同时随着施加电压增加,电能消耗显著增加,与电压呈现线性递增和幂指数递增关系;综合去除效率和单位能耗2种因素,对于试验所研究的土壤,1～1.5 V/cm的电压是较为经济有效的.