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Electrokinetic remediation of perchloroethylene-contaminated soil

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One large group of persistent and toxic contaminants is the hydrophobic organic contaminants. Among them, perchloroethylene (PCE) has been recognized as a representative group of these pollutants with low solubility. This study reports on the effects of electrokinetic remediation with non-ionic surfactant on PCE-contaminated soil. The performance of electrokinetic process was investigated in the treatment of clay soil that artificially contaminated with two levels: 10,000 and 30,000 mg/kg PCE and 0.33 g/kg Triton X-100. A DC power supply with electric voltage (1 V/cm) was used for 8–16 days. A negatively charged soil surface resulted in a more negative zeta potential and greater electroosmotic flow toward the cathode. The PCE was measured after extraction using n-hexane and analyzed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy instrument. The water content of soil was kept 25 % (w/w). Results were shown that PCE removal efficiency achieved was 74 and 89 % for 10,000 and 30,000 mg/kg PCE, respectively, for 16 days. Therefore, in this study, the integration of electrokinetic with non-ionic surfactant as a hybrid method was most effective for the remediation of PCE-contaminated soils.

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  1. Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, P.O. Box 484, Babol, Iran

    M. Gholami & D. Yousefi Kebria

  2. Mazandaran Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center, P.O. Box 48175-556, Sari, Iran

    M. Mahmudi

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Gholami, M., Yousefi Kebria, D. & Mahmudi, M. Electrokinetic remediation of perchloroethylene-contaminated soil. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. 11, 1433–1438 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-014-0555-6

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