In a pot experiment, the potential use of 10 plant species, including six dicotyledon species and four monocotyledon species, was investigated for the EDTA-enhanced phytoextraction of Pb from contaminated soil. Mung bean and buckwheat had a higher sensitivity to the EDTA treatment in soils. In the 2.5 and 5.0 mmol kg(-1) EDTA treatments, the Pb concentrations in the shoots of the six dicotyledo...

Tungstate-catalyzed hydrogenolysis of sugars in untreated woody biomass to ethylene glycol (EG) has so far been unsuccessful. This work shows that production EG is predominantly hampered by the presence inorganic impurities biomass, which can be selectively removed an acid leaching step at room temperature. Catalytic and acid-leached samples was run 245 °C using sodium polytungstate Raney Ni ca...

Abstract Several factors, such as chemical shrinkage or environmental attack can produce concrete cracks. Calcium hydroxide content from the environment cement hydration promote self-healing phenomenon (SHP). This study evaluates calcium concentration influence on of cement-based materials. Cracked mortars with different types cement, a filler, pozzolanic, and high initial strength, were expose...

The wetland Argialbolls pedon was chosen to investigate the effects of pedogenic processes and anthropogenic activities on the vertical distribution of As concentrations. Two wetland Argialboll cores (90 cm long) were collected from the Sanjiang Plain in northeastern China and analyzed for pH, soil organic matter (SOM), Fe, Mn, and As. The results indicate that SOM accumulated in the upper hori...

Thin slices of white Portland cement-low calcium pulverized fuel ash (pfa) blended cement pastes containing 30 or 50% pfa were leached progressively in de-ionized water. The paste with 50% pfa was aged 13 years prior to leaching and those with 30% pfa were aged 1 and 13 years. Pastes were leached for up to 75 days and were characterized using thermal analysis, X-ray diffraction, analytical scan...