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Immobilization of Lead and Cadmium in Soil Using Biochars Derived from Pig Manure and Suaeda glauca

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Biochar was for the first time produced from Suaeda glauca. The immobilization of Pb and Cd by this biochar and pig manure biochar was examined in two types of soils by diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA) extraction. Addition of biochars decreased DTPA extractable Pb and Cd in Fluvo-aquic soil with reduction rates being 11.3%–48.4% and 0.74%–64.9% compared with the control treatment. The pig manure biochar favored the immobilization of Pb and S. glauca biochar favored the immobilization of Cd. Biochars can effectively immobilize heavy metals in Fluvo-aquic soil. However, the addition of biochars increased extractable Pb and Cd in red soil, with pig manure biochars showing greater rates. This is ascribed to that the competition effects of ions released from biochar enhanced the moving of heavy metals from iron and manganese oxides bound form to organic matter bound form, and hence enhanced the mobility and bioavailability of heavy metals.

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This study is supported by Ministry of Science and Technology of China (the National Key Research and Development Project of China, 2018YFC1800702) and Ministry of Education of China (111 Program, T2017002).

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  1. College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China

    Yarui Liu & Yujie Feng

  2. College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China

    Yarui Liu, Hongyang Xiao & Qimei Lin

  3. MOE Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China

    Fei Wang, Zheyun Yin & Weili Jia

  4. School of Energy & Environmental Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300401, China

    Fei Wang

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Liu, Y., Wang, F., Yin, Z. et al. Immobilization of Lead and Cadmium in Soil Using Biochars Derived from Pig Manure and Suaeda glauca. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 105, 146–154 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-020-02886-x

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