LEAD AND COPPER REMOVAL FROM MULTI-METAL CONTAMINATED SOILS THROUGH SOIL WASHING TECHNIQUE USING HUMIC SUBSTANCES AS WASHING AGENTS: THE INFLUENCE OF THE WASHING SOLUTION pH
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https://doi.org/10.24193/subbchem.2019.1.03Keywords:
humic substances, soil washing, heavy metals, washing solution pHAbstract
The effect of three humic washing solution pH values (3.0, 7.0 and 9.6-its natural pH) on the removal efficiency of Pb and Cu from multi-metal contaminated soil collected nearby “Larga de Sus” mine from Zlatna (Alba County, Romania) was investigated, at laboratory scale, by an ex-situ soil washing technique. In this study, a commercial soluble humic sample extracted from German Leonardite was used as washing agent to remove Pb and Cu from polluted soil. Soil washing experiments were conducted in a stirrer with orbital-rotation oscillation at a liquid/solid ratio (L/S ratio; mL:g) of 8:1, concentration of humic washing solution of 2% and various stirring times (4, 6, 12, 24 and 40 hours). The removal efficiency of Cu and Pb increased with increasing pH from 3.0 to 9.6. In investigated experimental conditions, the best removal efficiencies (60.3% in case of Cu and 48.08% in case of Pb) were obtained at alkaline pH values of humic washing solution.
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