Rates and Mechanisms of Zn2+ Adsorption on a Meat and Bonemeal Biochar
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- 作者：Aaron R. Betts ; Ning Chen ; Jordan G. Hamilton ; Derek Peak
- 刊名：Environmental Science & Technology
- 出版年：2013
- 出版时间：December 17, 2013
- 年：2013
- 卷：47
- 期：24
- 页码：14350-14357
- 全文大小：349K
- 年卷期：v.47,no.24(December 17, 2013)
- ISSN：1520-5851
文摘
Biochars produced from meat and bonemeal (MBM) waste materials contain large amounts of calcium phosphate and are potentially useful sorbents for the remediation of metals. Because the reactivity of biochars depends strongly upon the conditions used in their production, the objective of this study was to evaluate the rates and mechanisms of Zn sorption onto a commercially supplied MBM biochar prior to its application in a field-scale revegetation project. Sorption experiments varying pH, time, and Zn concentration found that, above pH 6.1, Zn adsorbed to MBM biochar quickly (within 5 h) with a maximum adsorption capacity of 0.65 mmol Zn g鈥?. Synchrotron-based Zn K-edge extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy was consistent with a tetrahedral Zn bound to phosphate groups in a monodentate inner-sphere surface complex for all conditions tested. With an acidification pretreatment and at more acidic pH, MBM biochar causes precipitation of a ZnPO4 phase. On the basis of these results, this MBM biochar has a high capacity to rapidly adsorb Zn in adsorption experiments and can be considered a promising sorbent for Zn remediation of contaminated soils.