[Remediation Pb, Cd contaminated soil in lead-zinc mining areas by hydroxyapatite and potassium chloride composites]

Huan Jing Ke Xue. 2011 Jul;32(7):2114-8.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

The composite agents containing potassium chloride (KCl) and Hydroxyapatite (HA) were used to remediate the lead and cadmium contaminated soil in Fenghuang lead-zinc mining-smelting areas, Hunan province. The objective of this study was to identify and evaluate the influence of Cl- to the fixing efficiency of Pb and Cd by HA. Two types of contaminated soil (HF-1, HF-2) were chosen and forty treatments were set by five different Hydroxyapatite (HA) dosages and four different Cl- dosages. The toxicity characteristic leaching procedure (TCLP) was used to evaluate the results. It showed that HA could efficiently fix the Pb and Cd from TCLP form. The maximum Pb-fixing efficiency and Cd-fixing efficiency of two types of soil were 83.3%, 97.27% and 35.96%, 57.82% when the HA: Pb: KCl molar ratio was 8: 1: 2. Compared to the fixing efficiency without KCl, KCl at the KCl: Pb molar ratio of 2 improved Pb-fixing efficiency and Cd-fixing efficiency by 6.26%, 0.33% and 7.74%, 0.83% respectively when the HA: Pb molar ratio was 8. Generally, Cl- can improve the Pb/Cd-fixing efficiency in heavy metal contaminated soil by Hydroxyapatite.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cadmium / chemistry
  • Cadmium / isolation & purification
  • Durapatite / chemistry*
  • Environmental Restoration and Remediation / methods*
  • Lead / chemistry
  • Lead / isolation & purification*
  • Mining
  • Potassium Chloride / chemistry*
  • Soil Pollutants / analysis
  • Soil Pollutants / isolation & purification*
  • Zinc

Substances

  • Soil Pollutants
  • Cadmium
  • Lead
  • Potassium Chloride
  • Durapatite
  • Zinc