Immobilisation of metal(loid)s in two contaminated soils using micro and nano zerovalent iron particles: Evaluating the long-term stability
2020 (English) In: Chemosphere, ISSN 0045-6535, E-ISSN 1879-1298, Vol. 248, article id 126054Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The aim of this study was to compare the immobilisation of metal(loid)s in two differently contaminated soils using micro zerovalent iron (ZVI) and nano zerovalent iron (nZVI) particles. Chromated copper arsenate-contaminated soil contained high amounts of As, Cu, Cr, and Zn, whereas mining-contaminated soil contained high amounts of As, Cu, and Pb. Contaminated soils were amended using 2% ZVI and nZVI. As determined by the leaching procedures, nZVI was more efficient in immobilising all the studied metal(loid)s in the soils compared to ZVI. The greatest immobilisation was achieved for As in both soils. The long-term stability of immobilised metal(loid)s was studied in mining-contaminated soil by performing thermal oxidation (ageing). In the ZVI and nZVI-treated soils, high retention results were achieved for As and Cu, whereas in the ZVI and nZVI-treated soils, significant desorption of Pb was observed. The results also showed that retention of metal(loid)s over a long period of time could be more effective in soils treated with ZVI, as the crystallisation of Fe in ZVI-treated soil was to a lesser extent compared to the crystallisation of Fe in nZVI-treated soil.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages Elsevier, 2020. Vol. 248, article id 126054
Keywords [en]
Chromated copper arsenate, Sequential extraction, Availability, Arsenic, Thermal ageing, Mining-contaminated soil
National Category
Other Environmental Engineering
Research subject Waste Science and Technology
Identifiers URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-78428 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126054 ISI: 000527930600094 PubMedID: 32023510 Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85078663146 OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-78428 DiVA, id: diva2:1422790
Note Validerad;2020;Nivå 2;2020-04-09 (alebob)
2020-04-092020-04-092020-05-14 Bibliographically approved