Effect of pruning-derived biochar on heavy metals removal and water dynamics

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Antonio G. Caporale
Massimo Pigna
Alessia Sommella
Pellegrino Conte
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[1] Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II,Dipartimento di Agraria
[2] Università degli Studi di Palermo,Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Forestali
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Biology and Fertility of Soils | 2014年 / 50卷
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Biochar; Heavy metals; Lead; Chromium; Copper; Water dynamics; NMR relaxometry;
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Biomass-derived biochar is considered as a promising heavy metal adsorbent, due to abundance of polar functional groups, such as carboxylic, hydroxyl, and amino groups, which are available for heavy metal removal. The aims of this study were to evaluate the effectiveness of an orchard pruning-derived biochar in removing some heavy metals (through the evaluation of isotherms) and to study water dynamics at the solid-liquid interface as affected by heavy metal adsorption (through an innovative nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) relaxometry approach). Both isotherms and NMR spectra revealed that Pb and Cr showed a good affinity for the biochar surface (Pb > Cr), while Cu was less affine. Accordingly, higher amounts of Pb and Cr were adsorbed by biochar as compared to those of Cu in the single systems. In binary systems (i.e., when two metals were applied simultaneously), Pb showed the highest inhibition of the adsorption of the other two metals, whereas the opposite was evidenced when Cu was used; the competitive adsorption was also strongly influenced by the metal residence time on biochar surface. In ternary systems (i.e., when all metals were applied simultaneously), even in the presence of high amounts of Pb and Cr, considerable adsorption of Cu occurred, indicating that some biochar adsorption sites were highly specific for a single metal.
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页码:1211 / 1222
页数:11
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