Effect of chemical parameters on pyrene degradation in soil in a pulsed discharge plasma system

Degradation of pyrene in soil in a net-to-net pulsed discharge plasma (PDP) system was reviewed. Effect of main chemical parameters, including air flow rate, pyrene concentration, initial pH and soil moisture content on pyrene degradation was examined. The obtained results show that 87.9% of pyrene could be removed under the condition of 60 min reaction; increasing of air flow rate within 1 L min⁻¹ was favorable for degradation; pyrene removal was decreased with the increase of initial pyrene concentration; oxidation of pyrene was more evident in acidic soil; enhancement of soil moisture content has no benefit on pyrene degradation.     

基于无人机多光谱图像的土壤水分检测方法研究

以表层土壤为对象,探究土壤的多光谱反射率与土壤水分含量相关性,进行基于无人机多光谱图像的土壤水分含量预测模型方法的探究。选取中国农业大学通州实验站为研究区域,实地采集试验田的土壤样本100组,按照一定梯度配制土壤含水量,配成的土壤含水率为10%~50%之间,土壤含量的真实值采用土壤烘干法进行测定。多光谱相机灵巧便捷,可搭载在无人机上对土壤进行监测。将RedEdged-M型多光谱相机搭载在Phantom 3型无人机上,选择阳光充足的采集环境,实时采集土壤样本的多光谱图像,建立土壤多光谱信息与水分含量之间的模型。利用处理光谱数据的ENVI5.3软件提取土壤样本多光谱信息,以多光谱相机自带的标准白板反射率为100%,计算出土壤样本在蓝、绿、红、红边、近红外五个波段的光谱反射率。采用BP神经网络算法、支持向量机算法、偏最小二乘算法分别建立基于无人机多光谱图像的土壤水分含量的预测模型。以80组土壤样本数据作为训练集,建立基于多光谱图像的土壤水分含量预测模型。采用莱文贝格-马夸特算法对BPNN进行改进,提高了其训练速度,当网络结构为5-10-1时,训练效果最好,本文选择该网络结构;SVM采取高斯核函数,当参数为0.56时,模型效果最好。本研究采用归一化均方根误差(NRMSE)和决策系数(R 2)对三种土壤水分含量的预测模型进行定量对比。以20组土壤样本数据作为测试集,结果可知,基于BP神经网络土壤水分含量预测模型的NRMSE为0.268,R 2为0.872;基于支持向量机的土壤水分含量预测模型的NRMSE为0.298,R 2为0.821;基于偏最小二乘土壤水分含量预测模型的NRMSE为0.316,R 2为0.789。对三种模型分析可知,基于BPNN的土壤水分含量预测模型效果均较好。结果可知,土壤的光谱反射率与含水率间存在较密切的相关性,将多光谱相机搭载在无人机上可以对土壤水分含量进行有效的实时监测,对监测土壤墒情提供技术支持和理论支撑。     

涡旋提取-改进BCR法测定土壤中重金属的化学形态

土壤中重金属的化学形态更能表明其迁移性和生物毒性。传统的重金属化学形态检测方法BCR法由于其提取时间长,影响检测效率。采用涡旋提取对传统BCR法进行方法优化,对土壤中Cu、Zn、Pb、Cd、Ni、Cr等6种重金属元素化学形态进行了实验分析。研究了涡旋转速、涡旋时间以及涡旋提取的方法精密度与准确度。结果表明,当涡旋转速为2500rpm,酸可交换态涡旋10min,可还原态涡旋10min,可氧化态涡旋5min时,涡旋提取效果良好。采用土壤标准物质对方法的适用性进行了验证,6种元素的检出限在0.4?32μg/kg,测定值均在标准值范围内,相对标准偏差在0.3%?5.5%之间。涡旋提取-改进BCR法分析速度快,灵敏度高,能满足同时测定土壤中多种金属元素化学形态的检测要求。     

重量法测定土壤水溶性盐总量的优化

土壤水溶性盐是表征土壤盐碱化程度的重要指标,也是评价耕地地力的重要参数,被纳入第三次全国土壤普查（“三普”）监测指标体系中。重量法是测定土壤水溶性盐总量的最常用方法,其测定过程易受多种因素影响,导致其测定结果不准。鉴于此,本文设计试验分别验证了水溶性盐浸提和浸提液固液分离这两个过程对测定结果的影响,结果表明浸提液固液分离是影响土壤水溶性盐总量测定准确度和精密度的主要因素。基于此进一步探究4种不同固液分离方式（布氏漏斗过滤、滤膜真空抽滤、离心、滤纸组合过滤）对测定结果的影响,结果表明相较于其它方式,滤纸组合过滤测定结果准确度高,适用于土壤水溶性盐总量的测定。对改进后的重量法测定土壤水溶性盐总量进行方法学确认,结果表明其检出限为0.01 g/kg,测定下限为0.04 g/kg;方法的准确度和精密度、适用范围等均符合相关要求。本文推荐的土壤水溶性盐总量测定方法为：土壤样品采用1:5土水比浸提,180 r/min振荡3 min,浸提液采用滤纸组合自然过滤;其测定结果的准确度和精密度符合相关要求。本文旨在为“三普”内业检测提供参考和借鉴,为全面摸清不同区域土壤水溶性盐含量水平及土壤盐渍化程度提供技术支撑。     

Determination of selected polychlorinated biphenyls in soil and earthworm (Eisenia fetida) using a QuEChERS‐based method and gas chromatography with tandem MS

Soil and earthworms are important objects in soil pollution assessment and environmental behavior and toxicity study for polychlorinated biphenyls. Accelerated solvent extraction and solid‐phase extraction are generally required for the extraction and clean‐up of polychlorinated biphenyls in soil and earthworm, which are tedious and time‐consuming. In this work, a modified QuEChERS (quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe) procedure combined with gas chromatography and triple quadrupole mass spectrometry was developed for the determination of 20 selected polychlorinated biphenyl congeners in soil and earthworm. Different extraction times, solvents, and clean‐up adsorbents were compared and optimized. The average recoveries from spiked soils ranged between 70 and 120% with satisfactory relative standard deviations for all the polychlorinated biphenyls. In earthworm, the recoveries of polychlorinated biphenyls 180, 183, and 189 were relatively low (< 70% in some spiking levels) compared to that of the other polychlorinated biphenyls. The limits of quantification were in the range of 0.01–0.05 ng/g. The method was successfully applied to the analysis of 66 agricultural soils. To our knowledge, a combined method based on QuEChERS for the determination of polychlorinated biphenyls in soil and earthworms has not been published before. The procedure proved to be simple, sensitive, efficient, and environmentally friendly.     

The fate and behavior of glufosinate-enantiomers and their metabolites in open-field soil and weeds

In this study, a chiral method based on high performance liquid chromatography–Q-Exactive Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry was developed to determine glufosinate stereoisomers and three metabolites in weed. Fortified recoveries in weed and soil samples were from 78.6 to 94.3 %, with relative standard deviations of less than 9.8 % and fortified values ranging from 0.04 to 40 mg/kg for the glufosinate enantiomers and 0.08–8 mg/kg for three metabolites. When glufosinate was given at the peak of weed growth in three orchards, it was mostly distributed and degraded in the weeds, with little remaining in the soil. The two glufosinate enantiomers degraded rapidly in the weeds and soils, with half-lives ranging from 0.7 to 3.1 days. The degradation of glufosinate enantiomers in Guizhou and Hunan weeds was enantioselective, with l-glufosinate being preferentially degraded. In Hainan weed, the degradation rate of the two enantiomers was nearly the same. In open field soils, glufosinate enantiomers were almost non-enantioselective. 3-methylphosphinico-propionic acid (MPP) was the primary glufosinate metabolite in weeds and soils, accounting for up to 14 % of the parent. N-acetyl-glufosinate (NAG) was relatively low, with less than 1 % of the parent glufosinate metabolized into 2-methylphosphinico-acetic acid (MPA).     

西南山地煤矿区耕地土壤-农作物重金属富集及健康风险评价

为了解西南某典型山地煤矿区周边农田土壤、农作物重金属的富集情况及对当地人群健康的影响程度,采集矿区周边农田土壤样品和对应的农作物样品,测定重金属Cr、Mn、Zn、As、Pb的含量。运用Nemero指数法、潜在风险指数法对土壤重金属的污染程度进行评价;采用靶标危害系数法(THQ)评价农作物重金属对人体的健康风险。结果显示,Cr、Mn、Zn、As、Pb分别是背景值的1.81、1.90、2.89、1.30、0.86倍,处于轻度污染级别,轻微危害程度。农作物重金属Cr、Pb和As含量的超标情况较严重,Zn的含量超标相对较小。各农作物富集的重金属对人体的健康风险大小为：高粱>玉米>白菜>葱>辣椒。农作物重金属对儿童健康的危害均达到了慢性中毒;对成人健康的影响,高粱处于慢性中毒,其它农作物重金属处于产生较大影响的危害程度。农作物重金属与土壤重金属的相关性分析表明,农作物重金属的含量与土壤重金属全量并无线性关系;各重金属在农作物中的转移能力不同;Pb,As在农作物中的转移能力较大,而Cr相对较小。鉴于矿区重金属的富集情况,应尽快采取修复治理措施,为保证当地人群健康,建议当地居民不再食用和种植富集重金属严重的高粱、玉米农作物。     

Relevance of gaseous flows in electrochemically assisted soil thermal remediation

Treatment of polluted soil is one of the priorities in the search of a more sustainable planet. Electrochemically assisted soil remediation has been considered a good option for removing organic contaminants contained in soil, including the removal of volatile organic compounds, associated with gaseous streams produced during the treatment. Also, recently, electrochemical gas treatment technologies have been appointed as promising for the treatment of volatile organic compounds. In this work, we review the current opinion about the most recent studies in both areas. The first section focuses on the production of gaseous compounds during soil remediation by conventional and electrochemical systems. The second section describes the recent progress in the integration of adsorption and absorption with electrochemical processes. Finally, we discuss the holistic application of assisted electrochemical technologies in soil remediation, considering also emerging processes recently published in the literature.     

New green process to increase the solubility of soil fertilizer based on Potassium Nitrate (KNO3)

Fertilization is the set of operations that consists of fertilizing the soil so that the plant finds all these mineral nutrition needs, among these nutrients is found potassium nitrate (KNO₃), as an important source of two elements which are nitrogen (N) and potassium (K). The need for potassium nitrate for plants will increase dramatically as its demand for nutrition growing up. However, the application of this potassium in fertilization is limited by a physicochemical parameter which is solubility. The availability of potassium and nitrogen in ionic form, which can be assimilated by the plant, is closely related to its solubility in irrigation water. Herein, we have chosen three experimental parameters such as the KNO₃ content, the magnetization time, and the type of water, to optimize the factors which have the maximum effect on KNO₃ solubility.We adopted a model from nine experiments performed with Minitab software, which informed us that the solubility of KNO₃ in irrigation water is strongly influenced by water type, magnetization time and KNO₃ content. The best conditions which allow the best solubility of potassium nitrate are 24% KNO₃, 30 ​min of water magnetization, and salt water (SW).