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Co-remediation of cadmium-polluted soil using stainless steel slag and ammonium humate

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Introduction and methods

This study investigated the remediation of cadmium-polluted soil using a combination of stainless steel slag and ammonium humate. These remedial agents were added to an artificially polluted garden soil to inhabit cadmium toxicity in soil by changing the physical and chemical properties of soil in a pot experiment.

Results and conclusions

The results showed that the co-application of ammonium humate and stainless steel slag significantly decreased the total and available soil cadmium concentrations, with maximum decreases of 16.30% and 58.04%, respectively. The co-application of an adequate dose of these remedial agents can significantly increase soil pH. The soil organic matter and cation exchange capacity, as well as the amount of soil aggregates, were also significantly increased by the addition ammonium humate, but not stainless steel slag.

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Acknowledgments

This research was supported by the Grand Science and Technology Special Project of Shanxi Province (20111101016); Science & Technology Key Program of Shanxi Province (20090311072); the Key Research Program of State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology; Initial Funding from the Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences; the West Light Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; and the Technology Center of the Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel Co. Ltd.

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  1. School of Environmental Science and Resources, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, China

    Lin Zhuo, Hua Li, Fangqin Cheng & Qiuhua Zhang

  2. State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an, Shaanxi, 710075, China

    Weiyu Shi

  3. Technology Center, Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel Co. Ltd, Taiyuan, 030003, China

    Yonglin Shi

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Zhuo, L., Li, H., Cheng, F. et al. Co-remediation of cadmium-polluted soil using stainless steel slag and ammonium humate. Environ Sci Pollut Res 19, 2842–2848 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-012-0790-7

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