Journal
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 840, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156163
Keywords
Bone char; Farmland soil; Multiple heavy metals; Immobilization; Soil remediation
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- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2016YFC0501404]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [U1703243]
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This study demonstrates that bone char is an effective heavy metal stabilizer that can reduce the mobility of heavy metals in soil and decrease metal accumulation in crops, while promoting pea growth.
Remediation of farmland soils contaminated with high levels of multiple heavy metals near Pb\\Zn smeltery is still a great challenge. It is of great significance to find cost-effective green remediation technologies for stabilization of multiple heavy metals in soil and reduce metal accumulation in crops with ensured yield. In this study, we demonstrated that bone char (BC) is an effective heavy metal stabilizer which can substantially increase residual fractions of heavy metals and reduce metal accumulation in pea (Pisum sativum) with its enhanced growth. We chose the soils contaminated with high levels of Pb, Zn, Cu and Cd near the Baiyin Pb\\Zn smeltery as the tested soil. After 2 months of BC application, the relative mobile fractions (non-residual fractions) of Cu, Zn, Pb and Cd in the contaminated soil decreased while the residual fraction increased significantly. The leachability of Cu, Zn, Pb and Cd decreased by 91.2%, 38.6%, 67.6% and 54.3%, respectively compared with the control. BC application remarkably promoted pea growth and reduced accumulation of heavy metals in shoots. The mechanisms for stabilization of multiple heavy metals BC include ion exchange, surface complexation and subsequent mineralization, accompanied with release of Ca and phosphate. The immobilization of heavy metals led to their reduced toxicity to plant, and thus increased pea growth. The results show that BC is a cost-effective and sustainable heavy metal stabilizer with phosphate fertilization function. It can simultaneously immobilize multiple heavy metals in soil and facilitate crop production.
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