Characterization of contaminants and evaluation of the suitability for land application of maize and sludge biochars

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 8707-8717

  Luo, Fei ^a,b   Song, Jing ^a,b   Xia, Weixia ^c   Dong, Mingang ^a,b   Chen, Mengfang ^a,b   Soudek, Petr ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; DTPA extraction; Heavy metals; Leachability; PAHs; Synthetic precipitation leaching procedure

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HEAVY METAL; MAIZE; MINERAL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; SLUDGE; SOIL AMENDMENT; TOXICITY;

CHINA; EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

BIOCHAR; CHARCOAL; FERTILIZER; HEAVY METAL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SEWAGE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; MAIZE; SEWAGE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; TEMPERATURE;

AGRICULTURE; CHARCOAL; ENVIRONMENT; FERTILIZERS; METALS, HEAVY; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEWAGE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TEMPERATURE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84903629083     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-2797-8     Document Type: Article

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