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Synthesis of Lanthanum-Modified Attapulgite and Its Phosphorus-Fixing Mechanism for Urban Eutrophic Lake

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Metal-salt-modified clay minerals are widely used for endogenous phosphorus control in eutrophic lakes because of its high efficiency of P adsorption, but changes in water quality due to material dosing limit their practical remediation performance. In this study, lanthanum was embedded in thermally-treated calcium-rich attapulgite (TCAP) to strengthen its P uptake ability, and a novel and efficient phosphorus fixation material lanthanum-modified attapulgite (La-TCAP) was synthesized. Batch adsorption experiment indicated that the maximum P sorption capacity of La-TCAP can reach as high as 9.777 mg P/g, which was more than twice that of TCAP. The P removal rate of La-TCAP was maintained between 55.62% and 68% at 4–10 pH. La-TCAP exhibits strong resistance to interfering ions including SO42−, NO3−, Cl−, and HCO3− during phosphorus adsorption. The characterization analysis of La-TCAP showed that the adsorption of phosphate on La-TCAP was mainly based on the surface complexation reaction. Sediment P immobilization studies demonstrated that the coverage of La-TCAP contributed the P recession of 30% to 58.8% in overlying water during the aerobic and anaerobic incubation. Meanwhile, other water quality indicators in the overlying water had hardly changed. The content of Mobile-P in the surface sediments (0–4 cm) was drastically reduced, while the content of Al-P and Ca-P was greatly increased. The results of this study suggest that La-TCAP is a promising P immobilization material for sediment P control in urban eutrophic lake.

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This work was supported in part of the project titled “Special research on key technology research and application of urban lake landscape water quality improvement” (ZJHM-2019–056-001 = KJFZ-2019–027-001–001).

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection, and analysis were performed by Lingfeng Ye, Chengbin Fu, and Cong Liu. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Lingfeng Ye, and Chang Liu and Jie Wan commented on previous versions of the manuscript and suggested revisions. Bolin Li and Dongxue Liu did a lot of work in the revision of the article. Ye Li read and approved the final manuscript.

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Ye, L., Li, Y., Liu, C. et al. Synthesis of Lanthanum-Modified Attapulgite and Its Phosphorus-Fixing Mechanism for Urban Eutrophic Lake. Water Air Soil Pollut 233, 430 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-022-05897-y

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