Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis, Volume. 35, Issue 2, 534(2015)

Application of Tessier-AAS to the Non-Biological Transformation Mechanism of Chemical Speciation of Lead in Red Soil in Agricultural Area of Central China

FAN Chun-hui1、*, ZHANG Ying-chao2, and WANG Jia-hong1
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    The soil contamination of heavy metals, from the areas of mine, highway, industrial area, agricultural land and so on, is nowadays a serious issue all over the world. The contamination of heavy metals in large agricultural area might lead to the decrease of products quality and economic value. Actually, the accumulation amount of heavy metals by crops is much more related to the activated speciation, which is exchangeable and able to transform to the forms of carbonates, Fe-Mn oxides, organic matter and residual. Thus, the investigation to reveal the transformation mechanism of heavy metals caused by soil conditions might be appropriate to reduce the contaminated risk to crops. The vermicular red soil from the agricultural area of central China was used as sample in the paper, and the Tessier Sequential Extraction Procedure-atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) was applied to discuss the chemical speciation and non-biological transformation mechanism of Pb at different conditions. The results showed: the total amount of Pb is 32.56 mg·kg-1, lower than the first level of the State Environmental Quality Standard for Soils. The Pb content of different speciation, with decreased concentration, is residual (54.55% of total Pb content), bound to Fe-Mn oxides, bound to organic matter, bound to carbonates and exchangeable. The pH value of red soil is related to the charge amount on surface of inorganic colloids and organic matter, and the water content of red soil would change the redox potential, effective for the variation of chemical speciation of Pb. The environmental factors of straw dosage and aging time could change Pb speciation, with Pb concentration of residual form the highest. The Muller Index of Igeo is 0.302 5, indicating the contribution of human activities. The Tessier Sequential Extraction Procedure-AAS is effective for the non-biological transformation mechanism identification of Pb speciation in red soil.

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    FAN Chun-hui, ZHANG Ying-chao, WANG Jia-hong. Application of Tessier-AAS to the Non-Biological Transformation Mechanism of Chemical Speciation of Lead in Red Soil in Agricultural Area of Central China[J]. Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis, 2015, 35(2): 534

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    Paper Information

    Received: Nov. 30, 2013

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Feb. 15, 2015

    The Author Email: Chun-hui FAN (fanchunhui@sust.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3964/j.issn.1000-0593(2015)02-0534-05

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