title: Concomitant reduction and immobilization of chromium in relation to its bioavailability in soils.
abstract: In this study, two carbon materials [chicken manure biochar (CMB) and black carbon (BC)] were investigated for their effects on the reduction of hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] in two spiked [600 mg Cr(VI) kg(-1)] and one tannery waste contaminated [454 mg Cr(VI) kg(-1)] soils. In spiked soils, both the rate and the maximum extent of reduction of Cr(VI) to trivalent Cr [Cr(III)] were higher in the sandy loam than clay soil, which is attributed to the difference in the extent of Cr(VI) adsorption between the soils. The highest rate of Cr(VI) reduction was observed in BC-amended sandy loam soil, where it reduced 452 mg kg(-1) of Cr(VI), followed by clay soil (427 mg kg(-1)) and tannery soil (345 mg kg(-1)). X-ray photoelectron microscopy confirmed the presence of both Cr(VI) and Cr(III) species in BC within 24 h of addition of Cr(VI), which proved its high reduction capacity. The resultant Cr(III) species either adsorbs or precipitates in BC and CMB. The addition of carbon materials to the tannery soil was also effective in decreasing the phytotoxicity of Cr(VI) in mustard (Brassica juncea L.) plants. Therefore, it is concluded that the addition of carbon materials enhanced the reduction of Cr(VI) and the subsequent immobilization of Cr(III) in soils.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Environmental Risk Assessment and Remediation, Building-X, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, Adelaide, SA, 5095, Australia.
authors.forename: Girish
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Choppala
authors.forename: Nanthi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bolan
authors.forename: Anitha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kunhikrishnan
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Skinner
authors.forename: Balaji
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Seshadri
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D000818:Animals; D002244:Carbon; D002606:Charcoal; D002645:Chickens; D002857:Chromium / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000633:toxicity; D007220:Industrial Waste; D008372:Manure; D009149:Mustard Plant / Q000187:drug effects; D012987:Soil / Q000737:chemistry*; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000737:chemistry; D013633:Tanning
chemical_list: D007220:Industrial Waste; D008372:Manure; D012987:Soil; D012989:Soil Pollutants; C540010:biochar; D002857:Chromium; D002606:Charcoal; C074702:chromium hexavalent ion; D002244:Carbon
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