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Arsenic immobilization in the contaminated soil using poorly crystalline Fe-oxyhydroxy sulfate

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A low crystalline Fe-oxyhydroxy sulfate (FeOS) was used to immobilize arsenic (As) in soils in this study. The effects of FeOS amount, treatment time and soil moisture on As immobilization were investigated. The results showed that water-soluble and NaHCO3-extractable As were immobilized by 53.4–99.8 and 13.8–73.3 % respectively, with 1–10 % of FeOS addition. The highest immobilization of water-soluble (98.5 %) and NaHCO3-extractable arsenic (47.2 %) was achieved under condition of 4 % of FeOS and 80 % of soil moisture. Further, more amounts of FeOS addition resulted in less time requirement for As immobilization. Sequential chemical extraction experiment revealed that easily mobile arsenic phase was transferred to less mobile phase. The FeOS-bonded As may play a significant role in arsenic immobilization. Under leaching with simulated acid rain at 60 times pore volumes, accumulation amount of As release from untreated soil and soil amended with FeOS were 98.4 and 1.2 mg, respectively, which correspond to 7.69 and 0.09 % of total As amounts in soil. The result showed that the low crystalline FeOS can be used as a suitable additive for arsenic immobilization in soils.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge National Natural Science Foundation of China (51304251) and the Key Project of Science and Technology of Hunan Province, China (2012FJ1010), for financial support.

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  1. School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China

    Zhihui Yang, Lin Liu, Liyuan Chai, Yingping Liao, Wenbin Yao & Ruiyang Xiao

  2. Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Control and Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution, Changsha, 410083, China

    Zhihui Yang & Liyuan Chai

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Yang, Z., Liu, L., Chai, L. et al. Arsenic immobilization in the contaminated soil using poorly crystalline Fe-oxyhydroxy sulfate. Environ Sci Pollut Res 22, 12624–12632 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-015-4455-1

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