Speciation of Zn and Cu in Technosol and evaluation of a sequential extraction procedure using XAS, XRD and SEM-EDX analyses

Metal speciation, linked directly to bioaccessibility and lability, is a key to be considered when assessing associated human and environmental health risks originated from anthropogenic activities. To identify the Zn and Cu speciation in the highly contaminated, technogenically transformed soils (Technosol) from the impact zone near the industrial sludge reservoirs of chemical plant (Siverskyi Donets River floodplain, southern Russia), the validity of the BCR sequential extraction procedure using the X-ray absorption fine-structure and X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) analyses was examined after each of the three stages. After the removal of exchange and carbonate-bonded Zn and Cu compounds from Technosol (first stage of extraction), the resulting residual soil showed enrichment in a great diversity of metal compounds, primarily with Me-S and Me-O bonds. The number of compounds with a higher solubility decreased at the subsequent stages of extraction. In the residual soil left over after extracting the first and second fractions, the dominant Zn-S bond appeared as würtzite (hexagonal ZnS) that made up more than 50%, while the Cu-S bond was almost completely represented only by chalcocite (Cu2S). The XRD analysis revealed the authigenic minerals of metals with S: sphalerite (cubic ZnS), würtzite (hexagonal ZnS), covellite (CuS) and bornite (Cu5FeS4). The scanning electron microscopy data confirmed that würtzite was the dominant form of Me with sulfur-containing and carbonate-containing minerals. The Zn-S bond was the main component (57%), whereas the Cu-O bond was dominant in the residual fraction (the fraction after the third-stage extraction). The results revealed that the composition of the residual fractions might include some of the most stable and hard-to-recover metal compounds of technogenic origin. Thus, the application of the novel instrumental methods, coupled with the chemical fractionation, revealed the incomplete selectivity of the extractants in the extraction of Zn and Cu in long-term highly contaminated soils.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:43

Enthalten in:

Environmental geochemistry and health - 43(2021), 6 vom: 14. Juni, Seite 2301-2315

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nevidomskaya, Dina G [VerfasserIn]
Minkina, Tatiana M [VerfasserIn]
Soldatov, Alexander V [VerfasserIn]
Bauer, Tatiana V [VerfasserIn]
Shuvaeva, Victoria A [VerfasserIn]
Zubavichus, Yan V [VerfasserIn]
Trigub, Alexander L [VerfasserIn]
Mandzhieva, Saglara S [VerfasserIn]
Dorovatovskii, Pavel V [VerfasserIn]
Popov, Yuri V [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

789U1901C5
Bornite
Contamination
Copper
Cupric sulfide
EXAFS
Ferrous Compounds
J41CSQ7QDS
Journal Article
KL4YU612X7
KPS085631O
Powders
SEM–EDX
Sequential extraction
Sewage
Soil
Soil Pollutants
Sulfides
XANES
XRD
Zinc
Zinc Compounds
Zinc sulfide
Zink

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Date Completed 22.06.2021

Date Revised 22.06.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s10653-020-00693-1

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM31368779X