AccScience Publishing / AJWEP / Volume 8 / Issue 2 / DOI: 10.3233/AJW-2011-8_2_05
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Modelling of Heavy Metal Mobility in Delhi Soils before and after Remediation with Green Amendment Rock Phosphate using Sequential Extraction, TCLP and PBET

Mamta Chhabra Sharma1* Reena Saxena1 Sandeep K Sharma2 Suniti Singh3
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1 Department of Chemistry, Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi, Delhi – 110007
2 Department of Chemistry, Rajdhani College, University of Delhi, New Delhi – 110015
3 DST Project Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi, Delhi – 110007
AJWEP 2011, 8(2), 25–33; https://doi.org/10.3233/AJW-2011-8_2_05
Submitted: 12 March 2009 | Accepted: 8 December 2009 | Published: 1 January 2011
© 2011 by the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution -Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC-by the license) ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ )
Abstract

The particular behaviour and fate of trace metals like lead (Pb) are governed by a range of different physico–chemical processes and thereby the resulting different physico–chemical forms rather than by its total concentration. These dictate its availability and mobility in the soil or sediment system. In the solution phase, the chemical form of a lead determines the biological availability and chemical reactivity (sorption/desorption, precipitation/dissolution) towards other components of the system. Sequential methods primarily are intended to understand the particular environmental behaviour of lead, present in a variety of forms and in a variety of matrices. After applying cost effective green remediation technique of chemical immobilization by phosphate amendment the mobility factor of lead reduced considerably. This has been inferred from the sequential extraction studies as the lead has moved from the exchangeable sites to the residential sites. The results have been further confirmed by PBET and TCLP studies.

Keywords
Heavy metals
mobility
speciation
sequential extraction
fractionation
bioavailability
soil
PBET
TCLP
immobilization
Conflict of interest
The authors declare they have no competing interests.
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