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Potential of natural bed soil in adsorption of heavy metals in industrial waste landfill

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Development of higher welfare could not be realized unless by energy consumption and other natural resources. Growth of industrial complexes has shown an unprecedented trend during recent years. Many of these towns have no treatment systems for the industrial wastes leachates. Besides, the chemical composition of wastes in such complexes varies considerably due to the different kinds of industries. It is endeavored in the present work to study the natural potential of soil to treat leachate of such industrial wastes. For this purpose, the Aliabad industrial complex in Tehran — Garmsar road was selected as the study area. The potential of adsorption of elements such as nickel, copper, cadmium, zinc, chromium, lead and manganese was investigated. The results indicated that the soil potential to adsorb heavy metals (except for manganese) was very high (95 %) in the adsorption of heavy metals (except for manganese). Further, chemical partitioning studies revealed that heavy metals are associated with various soil phases such as loosely bonded ions, sulfide and organics to various extents. Among the mentioned soil phases, one can deduce that major portion of metal contaminants is absorbed as loosely bonded ions. Organic bond and sulfide bond are in the 2nd and 3rd positions of metal contaminants adsorption, respectively. The results of the present study apparently showed that soil column had ample capacity to adsorb metal contaminants. Thus, determination of soil potential in adsorption of heavy metals during site selection is as important criteria.

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  1. Graduate Faculty of Environment, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

    M. Esmaeili Bidhendi M.Sc. (Graduate Faculty of the Environment), A. R. Karbassi Ph.D. (Assistant Professor), A. Baghvand Ph.D (Assistant Professor) & A. H. Pejman M.Sc. (Graduate Faculty of the Environment)

  2. Environmental Research Laboratory, School of Civil Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran

    M. Saeedi Ph.D (Assistant Professor)

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Bidhendi, M.E., Karbassi, A.R., Baghvand, A. et al. Potential of natural bed soil in adsorption of heavy metals in industrial waste landfill. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. 7, 545–552 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03326163

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