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2022 Vol.27, Issue 6
Stabilization of As and Heavy Metals in Farmland Soil using Iron Nanoparticles Impregnated Biochar

비소 및 중금속의 식물체 전이감소를 위한 철 나노 입자가 담지된 바이오차의 농경지 토양 안정화제 적용성 평가

Il-Ha Koh1
,
Jung-Eun Kim12
,
So-Young Park12
,
Yu-Lim Choi3
,
Dong-Su Kim3
,
Deok Hyun Moon4
,
Yoon-Young Chang3*
고 일하1
,
김 정은12
,
박 소영12
,
최 유림3
,
김 동수3
,
문 덕현4
,
장 윤영3*
1National Environment Lab. (NeLab), Seoul 02841, Korea
2Department of Energy & Climate Environment Fusion Technology, Graduate School, Hoseo University, Asan 31499, Korea
3Department of Environmental Engineering, Kwangwoon University, Seoul 01897, Korea
4Department of Environmental Engineering, Chosun University, Gwangju 61452, Korea
1환경기술정책연구원 (NeLab)
2호서대학교 일반대학원 에너지기후환경융합기술학과
3광운대학교 환경공학과
4조선대학교 환경공학과
*Corresponding Author
31 December 2022. pp. 1-10
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Abstract

This study assessed the feasibility of iron oxide nanoparticles impregnated with biochar (INPBC), derived from woody biomass, as a stabilizing agent for the stabilization of farmland soil in the vicinity of an abandoned mine through pot experiments with 28 days of lettuce growth. The lettuce grown in the INPBC amended soils increased by more than 100% and the concentrations of inorganic elements (Cu, Ni, Zn) decreased by more than 40%. As, Cd and Pb were not transferred properly from the soils to the lettuce biomass. The bioavailability of arsenic and heavy metals in the INPBC amended soils were decreased by 26%~50%. It seems that the major mechanisms of stabilization were arsenic adsorption on iron oxides, heavy metal precipitation by soil pH increasing and heavy metal adsorption on organic matter. These results revealed that the lower bioavailability of the inorganic pollutants in the soils stabilized using INPBC induced lower transfer to the lettuce. Thus, INPBC could be used as an amendment material for the stabilization of farmland soils contaminated by arsenic and heavy metals. However, a pre-review of the chemical properties of the amended soil must be performed prior to applying INPBC in farmland soil because the concentration of the nutrients in the soil such as available phosphates and exchangeable cations (Ca, Mg, K) could be decreased due to adsorption on the surface of the iron oxides and organic matter.

Keywords
Stabilization
Biochar
Iron nanoparticle
Arsenic
Heavy metal
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  • Publisher :The Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국지하수토양환경학회
  • Journal Title :Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
  • Journal Title(Ko) :지하수토양환경
  • Volume : 27
  • No :6
  • Pages :1-10
  • Received Date : 2022-10-14
  • Revised Date : 2022-10-24
  • Accepted Date : 2022-11-18
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7857/JSGE.2022.27.6.001
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