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Two greenhouse experiments were carried out to evaluate the phytoremediation potential, physiological responses and zinc (Zn) uptake kinetics of water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes L.). The phytoextraction experiment evaluated four doses of Zn (0.7 mg L-1 - represented the Zn in the nutrient solution, 1.8, 18 and 180 mg L-1 - corresponded to ten, hundred and a thousand times, respectively, the maximum permitted content for fresh water) at four different culture times (24, 48, 72 and 168 h). The Zn uptake kinetics of water lettuce were evaluated at two concentrations of Zn (1.8 and 18 mg L-1). The water lettuce attained the highest percentage removal at the lowest evaluated doses (0.7 and 1.8 mg L-1), reaching a maximum value of approximately 72% removal (when cultivated in 1.8 mg L-1 of Zn after 168 h of culture). The Zn uptake increased with culture time, increasing the synthesis of carotenoids at all doses evaluated. The highest doses of Zn resulted in a reduction in photosynthetic efficiency. The results showed a high potential of water lettuce to absorb and tolerate Zn, accumulating preferably in the roots, demonstrating that these plants are able to absorb large quantities of Zn in contaminated solution.
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Araceae , Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis , Biodegradation, Environmental , Kinetics , ZincABSTRACT
The effectiveness of electrokinetic remediation for soils depends on several factors such as the arrangement and shape of electrodes. This paper presents a numerical study on external electrostatic field generated by seven different electrode configurations in any unbounded two-dimensional domain. The boundary condition at infinity for the voltage is approximated by the iterative algorithm that expands the domain till the limit of the specified tolerance (threshold value). The numerical results indicate that there is no unique configuration with larger effective area for all spacings between the oppositely charged electrodes. In addition, the configuration with the smallest inactive electric field strength spots for all spacings between the electrodes is not unique. Moreover, the voltage profile for all electrode configurations is nonlinear, and the external electric field strength varies widely near the electrodes. Only in the intermediate region between the electrodes the external electric field strength approaches a constant value.
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Electrodes , Environmental Restoration and Remediation , Models, Theoretical , Soil/chemistry , Static Electricity , Environmental Restoration and Remediation/instrumentation , Environmental Restoration and Remediation/methods , KineticsABSTRACT
A escória de aciaria é um rejeito da produção do aço e possui propriedade corretiva da acidez do solo, podendo reduzir consequentemente a mobilidade de elementos traço. O trabalho objetivou avaliar a capacidade do resíduo industrial escória de aciaria em reduzir a solubilidade e lixiviação de Mn em resíduos contaminados. No Laboratório de Poluição de Solos da UFRRJ (Seropédica-RJ), foram realizados ensaios de lixiviação em colunas usando três resíduos contaminados com Mn, denominados G1, G2 e G3 e duas doses de resíduo inertizante (escória de aciaria). Nas colunas, foi aplicado um volume de água conhecido e constante que simula a precipitação máxima ocorrida nos últimos 17 anos na região onde foi coletado o resíduo. A maior dose do resíduo de escória de aciaria (6%) reduziu a solubilidade do Mn a valores inferiores ao limite máximo permitido pela ABNT, nos grupos G1, G2 e G3, sendo que o tratamento com 6% escória de aciaria + barreiras químicas foi o mais eficiente na redução da lixiviação de Mn em todos os grupos de resíduos estudados. Portanto, os resultados evidenciaram a eficiência da escória de aciaria na redução da solubilidade e lixiviação do Mn, em todos os resíduos.
Steelmaking slag is a waste of steel production and has owned corrective soil acidity and may consequently reduce the mobility of trace elements. The research aimed the capacity of industrial waste steelmaking slag to reduce the solubility and lixiviation of Mn in contaminated soil. In the Soil Pollution Laboratory of the UFRRJ (Seropédica-RJ), leaching experiments were carried using three different residues contaminated with Mn, and two doses of the inertizant residues steelmaking slag. In the columns were applied a known and constant volume of water, established to simulate the maximum precipitation occurred in the last 17 years, in the region where the residue was collected. The highest dose of steelmaking slag (6%) reduced the Mn solubility below the maximum allowed by ABNT, for G1, G2 and Ge, and the treatment with 6% steelmaking slag + barriers chemical was the most effective in reducing the leaching of Mn in all groups. Therefore, the results showed the efficiency of steelmaking slag in the reduction of Mn solubility and lixiviation in all residues.
