Arsenic and Chromium Partitioning in a Podzolic Soil Contaminated by Chromated Copper Arsenate

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• 作者：Luisa Hopp ; Peter S. Nico ; Matthew A. Marcus ; Stefan Peiffer
• 刊名：Environmental Science & Technology
• 出版年：2008
• 出版时间：September 1, 2008
• 年：2008
• 卷：42
• 期：17
• 页码：6481-6486
• 全文大小：192K
• 年卷期：v.42,no.17(September 1, 2008)
• ISSN：1520-5851

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This research combined the use of selective extractions and X-ray spectroscopy to examine the fate of As and Cr in a podzolic soil contaminated by chromated copper arsenate (CCA). Iron was enriched in the upper 30 cm due to a previous one-time treatment of the soil with Fe(II). High oxalate-soluble Al concentrations in the Bs horizon of the soil and micro-XRD data indicated the presence of short-range ordered aluminosilicates (i.e., proto-imogolite allophane, PIA). In the surface layers, Cr, as Cr(III), was partitioned between a mixed Fe(III)/Cr(III) solid phase that formed upon the Fe(II) application (25−50%) and a recalcitrant phase (50−75%) likely consisting of organic material such as residual CCA-treated wood. Deeper in the profile Cr appeared to be largely in the form of extractable (hydr)oxides. Throughout the soil, As was present as As(V). In the surface layers a considerable fraction of As was also associated with a recalcitrant phase, probably CCA-treated woody debris, and the remainder was associated with (hydr)oxide-like solid phases. In the Bs horizon, however, XAS and XRF findings strongly pointed to the presence of PIA acting as an effective adsorbent for As. This research shows for the first time the relevance of PIA for the adsorption of As in natural soils.