Forest/tilled soils and stream sediments from the highly polluted mining and smelting district of Příbram. Czech Republic were subjected to single extraction procedures in order to determine the available contents of Sb and As. The results obtained from five widely-used 2-h single extraction tests were compared: deionised water. 0.01 M CaCl
The ICP-MS determinations of Sb and As in the extracts were coupled with measurements of pH and Eh and geochemical modelling (PHREEQC-2) to determine their speciation in extracts and possible solubility-controlling phases. According to the speciation calculations. Sb in extracts was present mainly as Sb(V) with the exception of the DTPA extracts from highly organic and acidic forest soils where Sb(III) species accounted for up to 34% of total Sb speciation. The highest extractabilities were observed for the 0.1 M Na
solution (up to 9% of the total Sb and up to 34% of the total As concentration). The other extracting media yielded statistically the same results (p < 0.05) with Sb extractabilities below 2% and As extractabilities below 8%. Thus simple deionised water and 0.1 M Na
) was used to evaluate the bioavailability of heavy metals from tannery wastewater contaminated soil and translocation of metals to the plant of Brassica juncea L. Czern. (var. Vaibhav). The extraction capacity of the metals was found in the order: EDTA > DTPA > NH
which showed dispersed relationship. Principal components analysis (PCA) applied to metals extracted with EDTA showed different grouping of metals (i) Na. Co. Pb. Ni and (ii) K. Mn. Zn. Cr in the loading plot which showed similar availability from contaminated soil. PCA applied on metals accumulation data in the plants also exhibited different grouping of variables (i) Cu. Co. Ni. Cd and (ii) Mn. Zn. Pb. Fe showed almost similar accumulation pattern in the plants. The data displayed positive loading for Mn and negative loading for Cr with PC
respectively. The translocation of most of the tested metals (Pb. Mn. Cd. Ni. Fe) in the shoot of the plant was found better except Cr. Cu. Co and K. The correlation analysis between different extractable metals and metal accumulation in the shoot of the plant showed significant positive correlation with Pb and Cr. Overall extraction capacity and cluster analysis augmented that EDTA was found suitable extractant for tannery wastewater contaminated soil to B juncea.
A pot experiment was carried out to study the potential of the plant of Brassica juncea for the phytoextraction of metal from fly ash amended soil and to study correlation between different pool of metals (total. DTPA. CaCl
) and metal accumulated in the plant in order to assess better extractant for plant available metals. The results of total metal analysis in the soil revealed the presence of Cr which was found below detection limit (BDL) in the plants. The fly ash (FA) amendments and soil samples were extracted with different extractants and the level of metal vary from one extractant to another. The regression analysis between total and extractable metals showed better regression for all the tested metals except Mn (R
= 0.001) in DTPA extraction. Correlation coefficient between metal accumulation by the plant tissues and different pool of metals showed better correlation with DTPA in case of Fe. Zn and Ni whereas. Cu was significantly correlated with NH
The soil analysis results revealed that the mobility and plant availability of metals (Fe. Mn. Zn. Ni) within the profiles of amended soils was influenced by the change in pH however. Pb and Cu was not affected. The metal accumulation in total plant tissues was found in the order of Fe > Ni > Zn > Mn > Cu > Pb and its translocation was found more in upper part. The plants grown on soil amended with 25%FA have shown significant increase in plant biomass shoot and plant height whereas no significant effect was observed in root length. The cluster analysis showed 10%FA behave differently on the basis of physico-chemical properties and metal behavior. Thus it may be concluded that B juncea can be used for phytoextraction of metals especially Ni in fly ash amendment soil.
New insights into factors controlling element bioavailability and mobility in soils have been achieved through the use of isotopic dilution methods. With the advent of robust and relatively simple analytical techniques able to accurately determine stable isotope ratios the future use of isotopic dilution methods is expected to continue to expand. In both theory and practice the E- and L-value isotopic dilution methods appear relatively simple to apply. However this simplicity is deceptive: in reality there exist a number of pitfalls that can result in collection of flawed data or inappropriate data interpretation. With a focus on trace elements this chapter reviews studies that have applied isotopic dilution techniques to examine various aspects of soil chemistry and bioavailability provides guidance on conducting isotopic dilution experiments and discusses potential future applications for these techniques. The various pitfalls that may be encountered including precipitation artifacts colloidal interferences and labile redox state effects as well as how to identify and avoid such pitfalls are also described.
In Western Europe policy makers are currently moving towards a more integrated risk-based approach of soil contamination assessment. As part of this approach selective single extraction procedures have been proposed to add complementary insights regarding heavy metal behaviour and phytoavailability in soils and sediments. However there is currently a wide range of such procedures available in literature hampering standardisation and harmonisation of phytoavailability research of heavy metals. The current study examines shoot accumulation of Cd. Cu. Ni. Pb and Zn by the test plant Phaseolus vulgaris in 21 soils differing in soil composition and level of contamination. On these soils. 12 different commonly used extraction procedures have been compared: soil solution extraction by Rhizon soil moisture samplers. 0.01 M CaCl
OAc and aqua regia. The plant species used in this study has previously been proposed as a test plant in a bioassay for assessing heavy metal induced oxidative stress in contaminated soils [Van Assche. F.. Clijsters. H.. 1990. A biological test system for the evaluation of the phytotoxicity of metal-contaminated soils. Environ. Pollut.. 66. 157–172]. Cadmium shoot accumulation correlated best with soil solution concentrations unbuffered nitrate solutions and the dilute CaCl
For Cd. Zn and Ni the pseudo-total content and the aggressive chelate based and/or acidic extractants did not correlate well with shoot accumulation. Cu and Pb uptake on the other hand was found to correlate significantly (p = 0.01) with total content as well as with all aggressive extraction procedures over the range of soils used in this experiment. In general the 0.01 M CaCl
extraction procedure proved to be the most versatile as it provided a good indication of phytoavailability for all five metals under evaluation.
Highly polluted forest/tilled soils and stream sediments from a mining and smelting area were subjected to single-extraction procedures to determine the extractable contents of Cd. Cu. Pb and Zn. The results obtained from four widely used operationally defined single extraction tests were compared: deionised water. 0.01 mol L
DTPA. The analytical data were coupled with measurement of the pH and Eh in extracts mineralogical investigations and thermodynamic modelling using the PHREEQC-2 code. The changes in the pH of the equilibrated suspensions significantly influenced the metal extractabilities with higher values in the lower pH regions. Although the DTPA procedure generally extracted the highest amounts of metals it was found to be unsuitable for highly organic acidic forest soils where anionic metal–DTPA complexes are assumed to be re-adsorbed on the positively charged surfaces of soil organic matter and oxides. The NH
can be proposed as the most appropriate extraction medium suitable for speciation modelling and analytical determinations using ICP-techniques and having an ionic strength similar to that of the soil solution. The metals are present in free ionic forms or chlorocomplexes in the CaCl
extracts preventing their re-adsorption on the positively charged surfaces of soil solids (organic matter. Fe- and Mn-oxides) in acidic and circum-neutral conditions.
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