Soil washing and radioactive contamination

Gombert, Dirk

doi:10.1002/ep.670130218

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“…However, the strong bonds between the soil and metals make the cleaning process difficult [99]. Therefore, only extractants capable of dissolving large quantities of metals would be suitable for cleaning purposes.…”

Section: Principles Of Soil Washingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Heavy Metals in Contaminated Soils: A Review of Sources, Chemistry, Risks and Best Available Strategies for Remediation

2011

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Scattered literature is harnessed to critically review the possible sources, chemistry, potential biohazards and best available remedial strategies for a number of heavy metals (lead, chromium, arsenic, zinc, cadmium, copper, mercury and nickel) commonly found in contaminated soils. The principles, advantages and disadvantages of immobilization, soil washing and phytoremediation techniques which are frequently listed among the best demonstrated available technologies for cleaning up heavy metal contaminated sites are presented. Remediation of heavy metal contaminated soils is necessary to reduce the associated risks, make the land resource available for agricultural production, enhance food security and scale down land tenure problems arising from changes in the land use pattern.

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Section: Principles Of Soil Washingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Heavy Metals in Contaminated Soils: A Review of Sources, Chemistry, Risks and Best Available Strategies for Remediation

2011

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“…The effectiveness of washing is closely related to the ability of the extracting solution to dissolve the metal contaminants in soils. However, the strong bonds between the soil and metals make the cleaning process di cult (Gombert, 1994). Owing to the different nature of heavy metals, extracting solutions that can optimally remove them must be carefully sought during soil washing.…”

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Comparative Heavy Metal Removal Efficiencies of Biosurfactants Produced by Odoribacter Splanchnicus DSM 20712, Bacterium Clone JX981747 and Soil Washing Agents

Ogbulie

Okore

Ejele

2020

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The application of two biosurfactants in the removal of copper, zinc, and lead from waste metal dumpsite soil with their efficiencies was compared to soil washing agents as KNO3, Ca(NO3)2 and NaOH. The test soil samples were also spiked separately with different concentrations (50 mg/L, 250 mg/L, 750 mg/L and 1500 mg/L ) of CuSO4, ZnSO4 and Pb(NO3)2. The biosurfactants used were produced by Odoribacter splanchnicus DSM 20712 (WBS1) and an unidentified bacterium clone JX981747 (CMS). Five different treatment set up comprising of different ratios (20:1, 15:1, 10:1, 5:1, and 1:1) with the soil solution constant was respectively used. The heavy metal contents were measured using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer and the percentage heavy metal removal efficiency was calculated. The highest concentrations of biosurfactant (20:1) at different spiked concentrations of metallic salts recorded the highest values of copper (95.47%, 95.73%, 91.69%, 78.82%); zinc (97.98%, 98.98%, 97.29%, 96.78%) and lead (97.68%, 93.09%, 88.12%, 84.98%) removal. The percentage metal removed in each treatment increased with increasing concentration of the biosurfactants and washing agents (1:1 to 20:1). The chemical structure of the two biosurfactants analyzed using Gas Chromatography Mass Spectroscopy (GC-MS) depict the major component of biosurfactants produced from Odoribacter splanchnicus DSM 20712 to be Di-n- amyl phthalate while 9, Octadecanoic acid, methyl ester was from unidentified bacterium clone JX981747. The one dimensional paper chromatography showed presence of galactose/glucose, mannose, ribose, rhamnose in the biosurfactants produced from Odoribacter splanchnicus DSM 20712 whereas the unidentified bacterium clone JX981747 produced biosurfactants that contained all sugars except mannose. The test biosurfactants studied showed high levels of copper and lead removal than zinc when compared with the test soil washing agents (KNO3), Ca(NO3)2 and NaOH used in this study. Biosurfactants have thus shown to have the ability to remove metals hence its use requires scaling up for environmental applications.

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