Recycling of EDTA solution after soil washing of Pb, Zn, Cd and As contaminated soil.
Recycling of EDTA solution after soil washing of Pb, Zn, Cd and As contaminated soil.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.11.004
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发表时间:
2012-02
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影响因子:
8.8
通讯作者:
M. Pociecha;D. Lestan
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作者:
M. Pociecha;D. Lestan
Soil washing with EDTA is known to be an effective means of removing toxic metals from contaminated soil. A practical way of recycling of used soil washing solution remains, however, an unsolved technical problem. We demonstrate here, in a laboratory scale experiment, the feasibility of using acid precipitation to recover up to 50% of EDTA from used soil washing solution obtained after extraction of Pb (5330mgkg−1), Zn (3400mgkg−1), Cd (35mgkg−1) and As (279mgkg−1) contaminated soil. Up to 100% of EDTA residual in the washing solution and 100%, 97%, 98% and 100% of initial Pb, Zn, Cd and As concentration in the solution, respectively, were removed in an electrolytic cell using a graphite anode. We employed the recovered EDTA and treated washing solution to prepare recycled soil washing solution with the same potential for extracting toxic metals from soil as the original. The efficiency of soil washing depends on the EDTA concentration. Using twice recycled 30mmol EDTA kg−1soil, we removed 44%, 20%, 53% and 61% of Pb, Zn, Cd and As, respectively, from contaminated soil.