Abstract:Mercury polluted soil and related risk to the environment and human health have presented a significant concern in China and globally. In this study, the mercury contaminated soil samples from the field near a PVC factory were taken as the research object to conduct thiosulfate based Hg-washing tests. For the soil samples before and after washing, the seven steps sequential extraction tests based on F?rstner methods were conducted to identify the responding Hg-species existing in these two kinds of samples. The Hg-pregnant solution was subjected to ultra-violent light exposure, photo-decomposing the Hg-thiosulfate complex and mercury removal by precipitatation. The experimental results showed that the total mercury concentration was 2400 mg·kg?1 in the contaminated soil, and 41.3% of Hg was water-soluble, ion-exchangeable, HCl-soluble, and HNO3-soluble forms which belonged to easy-released Hg-species. The organic-bound Hg and sulfide-bound Hg accounted for 33.9% and 24.2%, respectively, which belonged to the stable forms. The sodium thiosulfate solution was an effective lixiviant for the easy-released mercury in the polluted soil. About 95% of the easy-released mercury could be washed out by 0.01 mol·L?1 sodium thiosulfate within six hours at room temperature. The residue mercury in the washed soil was remained as the organic- and sulfide-bound forms. For the washing solution containing 11.6 mg·L?1 mercury, 99.1% of the Hg-thiosulfate complexes could be decomposed and precipitated as black-HgS after exposing under 254 nm UV light for five minutes, then the mercury could be separated and recovered acccordingly. The thiosulfate based washing followed by separating mercury from the pregnant washing solution with UV light photolysis is a potential remediation method for the removal of easy-released mercury from the contaminated soil. This result can provide reference for the treatment of mercury in soil. Key words:mercury/ thiosulfate/ washing/ photolysis/ sequential extraction/ mercury species.
图1不同温度下硫代硫酸钠溶液浸提含汞土壤时汞浸出率随时间的变化 Figure1.Profiles of leaching rate of mercury with time at different temperatures
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School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China Received Date: 2019-11-07 Accepted Date: 2020-05-10 Available Online: 2020-12-08 Keywords:mercury/ thiosulfate/ washing/ photolysis/ sequential extraction/ mercury species Abstract:Mercury polluted soil and related risk to the environment and human health have presented a significant concern in China and globally. In this study, the mercury contaminated soil samples from the field near a PVC factory were taken as the research object to conduct thiosulfate based Hg-washing tests. For the soil samples before and after washing, the seven steps sequential extraction tests based on F?rstner methods were conducted to identify the responding Hg-species existing in these two kinds of samples. The Hg-pregnant solution was subjected to ultra-violent light exposure, photo-decomposing the Hg-thiosulfate complex and mercury removal by precipitatation. The experimental results showed that the total mercury concentration was 2400 mg·kg?1 in the contaminated soil, and 41.3% of Hg was water-soluble, ion-exchangeable, HCl-soluble, and HNO3-soluble forms which belonged to easy-released Hg-species. The organic-bound Hg and sulfide-bound Hg accounted for 33.9% and 24.2%, respectively, which belonged to the stable forms. The sodium thiosulfate solution was an effective lixiviant for the easy-released mercury in the polluted soil. About 95% of the easy-released mercury could be washed out by 0.01 mol·L?1 sodium thiosulfate within six hours at room temperature. The residue mercury in the washed soil was remained as the organic- and sulfide-bound forms. For the washing solution containing 11.6 mg·L?1 mercury, 99.1% of the Hg-thiosulfate complexes could be decomposed and precipitated as black-HgS after exposing under 254 nm UV light for five minutes, then the mercury could be separated and recovered acccordingly. The thiosulfate based washing followed by separating mercury from the pregnant washing solution with UV light photolysis is a potential remediation method for the removal of easy-released mercury from the contaminated soil. This result can provide reference for the treatment of mercury in soil.