Soil phosphorus (P) solubility and kinetics partly control dissolved P losses to surface water uptake by plants. While previous studies have focused on batch techniques for measuring soil desorption kinetics, flow-through are more realistic because they simulate removal from the system, akin runoff, leaching, plant uptake. The objectives were measure a technique at two flow rates several method...

Sulphate leaching losses may reduce the long-term possibility of maintaining the S supply of crops in low input farming systems. Sulphate leaching and S balances were investigated in an organic dairy/crop rotation (barley [Hordeum vulgare] → grass-clover [Lolium perenne/Trifolium repens] → grass-clover → barley/pea [Pisum arvénse] → winter wheat [Tritucum aestivum] → fodder beet [Beta vulgaris]...

The effluent treatment plant sludge is one of the major sources of contamination with toxic metals. Since the sludge contains heavy metals, it must be pretreated to reduce the contamination. The heavy metals from the sludge can be reduced/ separated by washing it with a suitable leaching solution. In the present study, the efficiencies of three leaching solutions to remove the contaminants from...

Abstract Cementitious materials in underground constructions are exposed to CO2 rich ground waters which leads combined carbonation and calcium leaching. Complex interplay between leaching, reaction changes transport pathways presents difficulty parameterizing continuum scale models a consistent way. Therefore, novel multi-level pore-scale reactive model is presented capture microstructure unde...

Extraction of gallium and indium from zinc refinery residue (ZRR) has continued to attract attention because different mineralogy residues occurrences trace elements in ZRR. About 90% is currently extracted Bayer liquor, whereas, ZRR been a primary source for recovery. The production USA zero. However, are promising resource the extraction critical metals such as gallium, germanium indium. majo...

The main concern of this study is to establish a feasible and an economical method of extracting copper from electronic waste using Aspergillus Niger and Acidithiobacillus Thioxidans. Both Aspergillus Niger and Acidithiobacillus Thioxidans are known to exhibit efficient generation of organic acid and sulfuric acid respectively. To establish their leaching potential, chemical leaching tests usin...

Printed circuit boards (PCBs) are the main components of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE). Waste PCBs contain several kinds of heavy metals, including Cu, Pb and Zn. We characterize the leaching of heavy metals (Cu, Pb, Zn and Ni) from waste PCBs in a pH range of 3.0 to 5.6 using a novel approach based on batch pH-static leaching experiments in this work. The results indicate that the ...

Rice paddy soils undergo several cycles of drying and wetting during a growing season. A laboratory study was conducted to determine the effect of soil moisture conditions on the distribution and kinetics of extractable and bound residues of 14C-metsulfuron-methyl in six Chinese paddy soils during 84 d of incubation at 15 degrees C with moisture contents varying from 20 to 50% of the field wate...

[1] The experimental evidence suggests that for many chemicals surface runoff and rapid preferential flow through the shallow unsaturated zone are significant pathways for transport to streams and groundwater. The signature of this is the episodic and pulsed leaching of these chemicals. The driver for this transport is the timing and magnitude of rainfall events which trigger rapid flow and the...