Journal
CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 232, Issue -, Pages 204-212Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.05.216
Keywords
Atrazine; Ryegrass; Electrokinetic-assisted phytoremediation; Removal kinetics
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- Spanish Government [CTM2016-76197-R]
- European Union [CTM2016-76197-R]
- Regional Government of Castilla-La Mancha [PRE2014/8027]
- European Social Fund [PRE2014/8027]
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Atrazine (ATR) continues being one of the most frequently detected pesticides in natural waters and soils. In this work, an electrokinetic-assisted phytoremediation pot test (EKPR) was performed for the remediation of an atrazine-spiked soil; a low electric voltage gradient (1 V cm(-1)) with two different electric field operation times (6 and 24 h per day) was used in combination with ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.). EKPR increased up to 27% and 7% the overall ATR removal from soil as compared to natural attenuation and phytoremediation treatments, respectively. ATR soil concentration vs time curves were fitted to a pseudofirst-order kinetic equation, obtaining ATR half-life values of 8.2, 7.1 and 5.4 days for the treatments corresponding, respectively, to 0, 6 and 24 h day(-1) of electric current application. It clearly showed that the ATR removal from soils was enhanced by the electric field. ATR plant accumulation was significantly improved with respect to phytoremediation when the electric current was continuously applied throughout the experiment (24 h day(-1)); most of the ATR residues were accumulated in the shoot biomass of the ryegrass plants. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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