Soil additives immobilising heavy metals in contaminated soils

Authors

  • Othmar Horak Austrian Research Centers GmbH – ARC, Div. Biogenetics and Environmental Resources, 2444 Seibersdorf, Austria
  • Wolfgang Friesl-Hanl Austrian Research Centers GmbH – ARC, Div. Biogenetics and Environmental Resources, 2444 Seibersdorf, Austria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36547/nbc.1352

Keywords:

Heavy metals, soil amendments, in situ remediation, biomonitoring methods

Abstract

Addition of iron oxides, lime, clay minerals and other substances can be used to decrease the plant availability of toxic heavy metals such as Pb, Zn, and Cd. Extractability and consequently plant concentrations may be reduced in some cases by more than 50%. The assessment of remediation processes is supported by biomonitoring methods in the field with Plantago lanceolata and in the greenhouse by barley test experiments, in combination with extraction by ammonium nitrate.

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Published

2022-01-13

How to Cite

Horak, O., & Friesl-Hanl, W. (2022). Soil additives immobilising heavy metals in contaminated soils. Nova Biotechnologica Et Chimica, 7(1), 5–9. https://doi.org/10.36547/nbc.1352

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 1 (2007)

Section

Research Articles

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