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Effects of eggshell addition on calcium-deficient acid soils contaminated with heavy metals

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In this study, effects of water conditions (flooded, wet, or dry) and eggshell dosages (0, 0.1, 1.0, and 10.0 g/kg soil, respectively) on pH variation, content of unavailable state of heavy metals, form of heavy metals, and available nutritious element calcium (Ca) in acid soils contaminated with heavy metals were investigated, respectively. The soil samples were continuously cultivated indoors and analyzed by toxicity characteristic leaching procedure and community bureau of reference (BCR) sequential extraction procedure. The results showed that the addition of eggshell could effectively improve the pH of acid soil and increase it to neutral level. Moreover, the contents of unavailable state of heavy metals Cu, Zn, and Cd increased significantly. Furthermore, when the soil was cultivated under the flooded condition with 1.0 g/kg eggshell, the unavailable state of Cu, Zn, and Cd increased the most, and these heavy metals were transformed into residual state. On the other hand, the amount of available state of Ca increased to 432.19 from 73.34 mg/kg with the addition of 1.0 g/kg eggshell, which indicated that the addition of eggshell dramatically improved the available state of Ca. Therefore, eggshell could ameliorate the soil environment as it led to the decrease of available heavy metals and improvement of fertilization effectively. In a word, this study indicates that the addition of eggshell would be a new potential method for remediation of acid field soils contaminated with heavy metals.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.41330639 & 41720104004), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2017YFD0801000), the National Key Technology Support Program (No. 2015BAD05B05), the Guangdong Natural Science Funds for Distinguished Young Scholar (No. 2015A030306005), and the Tip-top Scientific and Technical Innovative Youth Talents of Guangdong Special Support Program (No. 2015TQ01Z233).

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  1. School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China

    Weiqi Luo, Yanping Ji, Lu Qu, Zhi Dang, Yingying Xie, Chengfang Yang & Guining Lu

  2. The Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Ecosystem Restoration in Industry Clusters, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, 510006, China

    Zhi Dang

  3. School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, 510225, China

    Xueqin Tao

  4. South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Guangzhou, 510655, China

    Jianmin Zhou

  5. Guangdong Provincial Engineering and Technology Research Center for Environmental Risk Prevention and Emergency Disposal, Guangzhou, 510006, China

    Guining Lu

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Luo, W., Ji, Y., Qu, L. et al. Effects of eggshell addition on calcium-deficient acid soils contaminated with heavy metals. Front. Environ. Sci. Eng. 12, 4 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11783-018-1026-y

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