removal of heavy metal from contaminated soil with chelating agents去除污染土壤的重金属螯合剂.pdf

Open Journal of Soil Science, 2011, 1, 70-76 doi:10.4236/ojss.2011.12010 Published Online September 2011 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/ojss) Removal of Heavy Metal from Contaminated Soil with Chelating Agents 1* 1 2 Wei Jiang , Tao Tao , Zhiming Liao 1 2 Department of Environmental Science Engineering Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China; Jiangxi JDL Environmental Protection Research Ltd., Changleng Overseas Investment Zone Nanchang, Nanchang, China. * Email: jw0707@163.com Received August 4th, 2011; revised August 25th, 2011; accepted August 30th, 2011. ABSTRACT Removal of copper and nickel by the addition of the biodegradable chelating agent, chitosan and ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA), was investigated, alongside the reaction of a reference compound sodium citrate for compari- son. The artificial-contaminated soils were used in this study. The experiments showed that the extraction ability for copper and nickel from the contaminated soil decreased as follows: chitosan EDTA sodium citrate. The pH value of the eluents is the key to control the extraction, especially to chitosan solution. It was evident that the chitosan solution was the most efficient when the pH value was 3 - 3.5, the rate of extraction of copper being 43.36% and of nickel being 37.07%. And the best match of concentration and liquid/solid was 0.3 g/L and 10 mL/g. Keywords : Chemical Extraction, Soil Remediation, Copper, Nickel, Chitosan, EDTA, Sodium Citrate 1. Introduction remediation have been developed, including vitrification, soil washing/acid extraction, phytoremediation,