Journal
CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 219, Issue -, Pages 662-670Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.11.178
Keywords
Biochar; Polyaromatic; Soil; Persistence; PAH diagnostic ratios
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- Italian Biochar Association (ICHAR)
- Italian Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Universita e della Ricerca
- University di Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum
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The influence of biochar added to an agricultural soil on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) levels, PAH diagnostic ratios and soil properties was investigated in a five-year field experiment. The experiment was carried out in an Italian vineyard and included two biochar treatments: 16.5 t ha(-1) of biochar applied in 2009 (soil B); 16.5 t ha(-1) in 2009 and further 16.5 t ha(-1) in 2010 (soil BB). A set of 75 samples that included five replicates and a control soil (untreated) was characterized in terms of organic carbon, pH, cation exchange capacity (CEC), bulk density and concentration of PAHs. Biochar addition to soil caused an increase in organic carbon, pH and CEC, and a decrease of bulk density. After almost two years the first application of biochar, PAH concentrations were higher in soil B (56 ng g(-1)) and BB (153 ng g(-1)) in comparison to control soil (24 ng g(-1)). Thereafter, PAH concentrations decreased significantly, but the original PAHs levels were reached only in soil B after five years. The naphthalene/(naphthalene + phenanthrene) ratios were higher in the treated soils in accordance to the dominance of naphthalene in the original biochar. The cross plots naphthalene/(naphthalene + phenanthrene) vs. fluoranthene/(fluoranthene + pyrene) enabled to trace the signature of biochar PAHs up to five years after its first application. Diagnostic ratios can be a useful tool to study the persistence of PAHs introduced in soil by biochar when the pattern of these contaminants in biochar and original soil are different. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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