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Co-transport behavior of nanoscale iron supported on biochar and arsenic in contaminated soils
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Li-mei XIE, Xin-yan HAN, Yi-jia LIU, Zi-yang CHEN, Yu WANG, Ming CHEN*
China Environmental Science | 2025, 45(6) : 3199 - 3208
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China Environmental Science | 2025, 45(6): 3199-3208
Soil Pollution Control
Co-transport behavior of nanoscale iron supported on biochar and arsenic in contaminated soils
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Li-mei XIE, Xin-yan HAN, Yi-jia LIU, Zi-yang CHEN, Yu WANG, Ming CHEN*
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Published: 2025-06-20
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Packed column experiments and numerical simulations were conducted to investigate the co-transport behavior of nanoscale iron supported on biochar (nFe/BC) pyrolyzed at 500℃ and 800℃, respectively, with arsenic (As) in contaminated soil. The results showed that the mobility of nFe/BC (nFe/BC500 and nFe/BC800) in As-contaminated soil was obviously lower than that of pristine biochars (BC500 and BC800), decreasing by about 57.8% and 45.5% in As-contaminated soil, respectively. This is likely because zeta potentials of nFe/BC became less negative due to the adherence of positively charged Fe onto the BC. Therefore, electrostatic repulsion between nFe/BC and soil grain was weakened, resulting in a lower mobility of nFe/BC. Also the mobility of nFe/BC was reduced with an increase in pyrolysis temperature. This is likely because that the surface charge of nFe/BC produced at high temperature was less negative, due to the lower density of O-containing functional groups. Therefore, the total repulsive interaction energies between nFe/BC and soil grain were reduced. A two-site kinetic retention model was successfully employed to simulate the transport of nFe/BC in soils, further illustrating the co-transport characteristics of nFe/BC. Additionally, pristine BCs facilitated the transport of As due to the competition between BCs and As for the available sorption sites on the soil surface. However, nFe/BC first inhibited the transport of As, and then promoted it. The main reason could be because the iron substance or Fe3O4 on the surface of nFe/BC reacted with As, and then fixed it in soil. Once the reaction between nFe/BC and As was completed, nFe/BC lost its original inhibitory effect, and instead acted as a carrier to promote As transport in soil. This could cause potential risks of As to the groundwater environment.

nanoscale iron supported on biochar  /  arsenic  /  contaminated soil  /  co-transport  /  numerical simulation
Li-mei XIE, Xin-yan HAN, Yi-jia LIU, Zi-yang CHEN, Yu WANG, Ming CHEN. Co-transport behavior of nanoscale iron supported on biochar and arsenic in contaminated soils[J]. China Environmental Science, 2025 , 45 (6) : 3199 -3208 .
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  • Receive Date:2024-11-16
  • Online Date:2026-02-27
  • Published:2025-06-20
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表12种不同金属材料的力学参数

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鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae 2 11 5.26 鹅膏菌属 Amanita 10 4.78
小菇科 Mycenaceae 2 12 5.74 丝盖伞属 Inocybe 5 2.39
多孔菌科 Polyporaceae 8 14 6.70 蜡蘑属 Laccaria 5 2.39
红菇科 Russulaceae 3 23 11.00 小皮伞属 Marasmius 6 2.87
小菇属 Mycena 11 5.26
光柄菇属 Pluteus 5 2.39
红菇属 Russula 17 8.13
栓菌属 Trametes 5 2.39
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