Malihe Talebi Atouei; Rasoul Rahnemaie; Esmaiel Goli Kalanpa; Mohammad Hossein davoodi
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Introduction: Natural environments, including soils and sediments, are open and complex systems in which physico-chemical reactions are in semi equilibrium state. In these systems, bioavailability of plant nutrients, like phosphate, is influenced by environmental conditions and concentrations of other ...
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Introduction: Natural environments, including soils and sediments, are open and complex systems in which physico-chemical reactions are in semi equilibrium state. In these systems, bioavailability of plant nutrients, like phosphate, is influenced by environmental conditions and concentrations of other ions such as calcium and magnesium. Magnesium is a dominant cation in irrigation water and in the soil solution of calcareous soils. Recent evidences show relative increase in the concentration of magnesium in irrigation water. Because of the importance of chemical kinetics in controlling concentrations of these ions in the soil solution and for understanding their effects of adsorption kinetics of magnesium and phosphate ions, in this research, adsorption kinetics of these two ions on goethite is investigated as function of time and pH in single ion and binary ion systems. The experimental data are described by using the adsorption kinetics equations. These data are of the great importance in better understanding adsorption interactions and ion adsorption mechanism.With respect to the importance of these interactions from both economical and environmental point of view, in this research, the kinetics and thermodynamics of phosphate and Mg2adsorption interactions were investigated as function of pH on soil model mineral goethite in both single and binary ion systems.
Materials and Methods: Kinetics experiments were performed in the presence of 0.2 mM magnesium and 0.4 mM phosphate in 0.1 M NaCl background solution and 3 g L-1 goethite concentration as function of pH and time (1, 5, 14, 24, 48. 72 and 168 h) in single ion and binary ion systems. After reaction time, the suspensions were centrifuged and a sample of supernatant was taken for measuring ions equilibrium concentrations.Phosphate concentration was measured calorimetrically with the ammonium molybdate blue method by spectrophotometer (Jenway-6505 UV/Vis). Magnesium concentration was determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometer (AA-670Shimadzu AA/FE). The amounts of adsorbed ions were calculated from the difference of the initial and the equilibrium concentrations. The experimental data were described by using the several widely-used kinetic models. Models performance was evaluated based on their ability to describe experimental data and obtained values for coefficient of determination (R2) and standard error of the estimate (SE).
Results and Discussion: The results demonstrate that phosphate and magnesium adsorption on goethite reached equilibrium within the 24 h equilibration time. The equilibration time is, however, pH-dependent. No systematic differences are observed among time-dependent adsorption isotherms for phosphate at pHpHPZC. It seems that the effect of pH on kinetics of phosphate and magnesium adsorption is related to the mineral surface charge, which influences electrostatic interactions between the ions and the surface charges.thus electrostatic attractive and repulsive forces dominantly control the reaction. The equilibration time for phosphate and magnesium adsorption on goethite was calculated to be ≤1 h when electrostatic forces are attractive and approximately 24 h when electrostatic forces are repulsive. In binary ion systems, phosphate and magnesium enhanced the amount and accelerated the adsorption rate of each other. Adsorption of phosphate could reverse electrostatic forces from repulsive to attractive for the adsorption of magnesium and vice versa. Also, because of the smaller ionic radius of magnesium (0.065 nm) in comparison with phosphate (0.22 nm), reduction in equilibration time of magnesium adsorption in the presence of phosphate could be partly diffusion-controlled. Fitting different kinetic models on experimental data showed that pseudo-second order model can successfully describe phosphate and magnesium adsorption data in both single and binary ion systems with highest determination coefficient (R2~0.99) and lowest standard error of the estimate (SE
E. Babaeian; M. Homaee; R. Rahnemaie
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Phytoextraction is a remediation technology for contaminated soils with lead (Pb). The application of chelating agents can be resulted in high efficiency in this method. In current study, the effect of synthetic and natural chelates applicationon efficiency of lead phytoextraction from soil by carrot ...
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Phytoextraction is a remediation technology for contaminated soils with lead (Pb). The application of chelating agents can be resulted in high efficiency in this method. In current study, the effect of synthetic and natural chelates applicationon efficiency of lead phytoextraction from soil by carrot was investigated. The experiment factors were 1) six levels of Pb (0, 100, 200, 300, 500 and 800 mg Pb kg-1 soil, added as Pb(NO3 )2, 2) chelates (EDTA, NTA and oxalic acid, and 3) chelate concentration (0, 2.5, 5 and 10 mmol kg-1 soil). The results indicated that EDTA effectively increased the Pb content in soil solution. At the highest applied rate (10 mmol EDTA kg-1), it resulted in 463-fold increase in extractable Pb, compared to the control treatment. Pb content in the shoot and taproot increased with the chelates application rates.The highest Pb content in the shoot (342.2±13.9 mg kg-1) and root (310 ±15.5 mg kg-1) occurred in 10 mmol kg-1 EDTA when Pb level was 800 mg kg-1. Pbphytoextraction potential increased with increasing thechelate and Pb concentration. Maximum Pb extraction from soil (1208±26.6 g ha-1 yr-1) during growth season occurred in 10 mmol kg-1 EDTA, when soil Pb level was 800 mg kg-1. It may be concluded that carrot can take up high amount of Pb and concentrate it in its roots and shoots. Thus, it can be introduced as a lead accumulator to phytoextractPb from contaminated soils.
M.H. Davoodi; R. Rahnemaie; M.J. Malakouti
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Phosphate is an essential element for plants, animals, and human. Mobility and availability of phosphate in the natural systems is controlled by the adsorption-desorption and dissolution-precipitation reactions. Iron (hydr)oxides including goethite play an important role in phosphate adsorption ...
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Phosphate is an essential element for plants, animals, and human. Mobility and availability of phosphate in the natural systems is controlled by the adsorption-desorption and dissolution-precipitation reactions. Iron (hydr)oxides including goethite play an important role in phosphate adsorption reactions in soil. Surface area, crystallinity, and morphology of iron (hydr)oxides are the most important characteristics influencing phosphorus adsorption capacity. With respect to the importance of adsorption process in controlling equilibrium concentration of phosphate in soil and other natural systems, in this research phosphate adsorption reactions on goethite was investigated on three samples of goethite differed in surface area over a wide range of pH and initial phosphate concentration. The goethite charging behavior was calculated from acid-base titration in different levels of ionic strength. The experimental data were analyzed with the CD-MUSIC surface complexation model. Titration data revealed pHpzc= 9.1. Experimental data revealed that phosphate adsorption is strongly pH-dependent. Maximum phosphate adsorption was measured at low pH. It was gradually decreased with increasing pH. Adsorption data were successfully described using two inner-sphere surface complexes, i.e . and . The calculated CD values indicated that 0.28 and 0.46 vu charge is transferred to the goethite surface due to the adsorption of and , respectively. Mole fraction calculation showed that and are the dominant surface species at low and high pH, respectively. Furthermore, experimental data and model calculations revealed that surface area influence phosphate adsorption considerably; however the change in the surface area has no measurable effect on the goethite site density. Therefore, the entire experimental data were successfully predicted by using one set of adsorption parameters.
Keywords: Adsorption, Phosphate, Goethite, CD-MUSIC model, Charging behavior
M. Mahmoudi; R. Rahnemaie; A. Eshaghi; M.J. Malakouti; M. Jalali
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Herbicides are the main sources of soil and water pollution in paddy fields. Herbicides mobility to the surface and ground water is a major concern for human health and the environment. It is, therefore, necessary to investigate their fate and their interactions in natural ecosystems. To meet ...
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Herbicides are the main sources of soil and water pollution in paddy fields. Herbicides mobility to the surface and ground water is a major concern for human health and the environment. It is, therefore, necessary to investigate their fate and their interactions in natural ecosystems. To meet this purpose, field experiments were conducted to measure kinetic of thiobencarb dissipation in soil and water at Dashtnaz and Gharakhail agricultural research stations, Mazandaran. Also, its adsorption and desorption isotherms were determined in the soil samples. Thiobencarb concentration was monitored in soil and water (soil solution) via sampling during 315 and 60 days periods, respectively. Adsorption isotherms were carried out in equilibrium concentration ranged from 0 to 26 mg L-1. Desorption isotherms were measured in three equilibrium concentrations. The results of field experiments revealed that thiobencarb concentration is declined with time rapidly and reaches to a steady state after approximately 30 days. Experimental data were successfully described using the first order kinetics equation. Thiobencarb half-lives were determined 7 and 10 days in Dashtnaz and Gharakhail water, respectively. In both soils, thiobencarb concentration was strongly varied in early stages of soil sampling. The variations were reduced with discontinuation of irrigation. Similar to water, thiobencarb concentration in soils was gradually decreased with time, and arrived to a relatively constant concentration after about 110 days. First order kinetic equation described correctly the change in thiobencarb dissipation in soils. Thiobencarb half-lives were calculated 93 and 114 days for Dashtnaz and Gharakhail soils, respectively. Adsorption isotherms indicated that thiobencarb is strongly adsorbed on soil particles. Thiobencarb was desorbed very slowly and a strong hysteresis was observed between adsorption and desorption isotherms. Calculations revealed that thiobencarb is a persistence and non-leacher herbicide in the soil, due to its strong adsorption and high hydrophobic coefficient.
Keywords: Water and soil pollution, Thiobencarb, Degradation, Adsorption and desorption isotherms
