Salisbury biochar did not affect the mobility or speciation of lead in kaolin in a short-term laboratory study.
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Publication Date
2016-10-05Journal Title
Journal of Hazardous Materials
ISSN
0304-3894
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Volume
316
Pages
214-220
Language
eng
Type
Article
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Shen, Z., McMillan, O., Jin, F., & Al-Tabbaa, A. (2016). Salisbury biochar did not affect the mobility or speciation of lead in kaolin in a short-term laboratory study.. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 316 214-220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.05.042
Abstract
Salisbury biochar (produced from British broadleaf hardwood) with two different particle sizes (≤2mm and ≤0.15mm) was applied on a kaolin with three different lead (Pb(2+)) contamination levels (50mg/kg, 300mg/kg and 1000mg/kg) at the dosage of 1% in w/w. The short-term impact of biochar on the mobility and speciation of Pb(2+) in the kaolin was investigated using attenuation periods of 1, 7 and 28 days. The leachability and extractability of Pb(2+) in carbonic acid leaching and EDTA extraction tests as well as the speciation of Pb(2+) in soils were not significantly affected by biochar treatment during all periods. The insignificant effects of biochar on Pb(2+) immobilisation were most likely attributed to the high adsorption capacity of Pb(2+) on the kaolin and biochar failed to competitively adsorb Pb(2+) against kaolin. The kaolin immobilised Pb(2+) primarily through cation exchange, which represents the readily bioavailable fractions of Pb(2+) in soils and may still pose environmental risks. This paper suggests the inefficiency of biochar treament on heavy-metal contaminated clay-rich soils. Therefore a laboratory treatablity study with respect to the soil type may be crucial when large-scale biochar applications in heavy-metal associated soil remediation are evaluated.
Keywords
Biochar, Immobilise, Kaolin, Lead, Speciation, Adsorption, Cations, Charcoal, Edetic Acid, Environmental Restoration and Remediation, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Kaolin, Lead, Metals, Metals, Heavy, Soil, Soil Pollutants
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.05.042
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/291048
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