Toluene is one of several cosubstrates able to support the cometabolism of trichloroethylene (TCE) by soil microbial communities. Indigenous microbial populations in soil degraded TCE in the presence, but not the absence, of toluene after a 60- to 80-h lag period. Initial populations of toluene and TCE degraders ranged from 0.2 x 10(3) to 4 x 10(3) cells per g of soil and increased by more than...

A thin Pd-Ag alloy film, which will be applied to fabricate membranes for hydrogen separation, was successfully deposited using an electroplating technique. The plating solution for the formation of a thin Ag-rich Ag-Pd film for electric contact consisted of PdCl2, AgNO3, HBr, and HNO2. An improvement of the electrolytic bath was achieved by a pH control, which was kept constant at 6.6 and by t...

The technique of diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) has been shown to be a promising tool to assess metal bioavailability in soils under laboratory conditions. In this study we used DGT to investigate the resupply kinetics of Cu and Zn under in-situ conditions in a polluted lysimeter soil and compared the results with laboratory measurements using undisturbed soil cores at defined water co...

Direct Red 81, a dye widely used in textile industries, is frequently detected dye in water resources. High costs, the formation of hazardous byproducts, and high energy costs restrict the use of some removal methods. Therefore, the main objectives of this research are the feasibility of using soil containing iron as a low cost adsorbent to remove (Direct Red 81) from aqueo...

Temporary B deficiency can be triggered by liming of acid soils because of increased B adsorption at higher soil pH. Plants respond directly to the activity of B in soil solution and only indirectly to B adsorbed on soil constituents. Because the range between deficient and toxic B concentration is relatively narrow, this poses difficulty in maintaining appropriate B levels in soil solution. Th...

In recent years, natural substances such as zeolite have been used to absorb heavy metals in soil in an attempt to decrease their availability to plants. Compared to other techniques, the use of zeolite is fast, clean, and inexpensive. This research was carried out to investigate the effects of an Iranian natural zeolite (clinoptilolite) on stabilizing Cd-contaminated soil treated with 0.01 M C...

Aluminum metal is produced by the electrolytic reduction of aluminum oxide (Al2O3), mainly extracted from bauxite ore digested in a hot caustic soda solution. This solution is supersaturated with respect to sodium aluminate and silicate, which react together to form sodalite (3[Na2O⋅Al2O3⋅2SiO2⋅2H2O]⋅Na2CO3) at high temperatures. Heat exchanger tubes are scaled with this compound, which serious...

Nowadays in the greenhouse monitoring system, there are some shortages: a. the concentration of nutrients (such as N, P plasma) in soil solution as a greenhouse environment parameter is often overlooked; b. small ZigBee system can’t meet the needs of real-time data storage and remote monitoring. Basing on the situation, this paper designs a new architecture in greenhouse soil solution monitorin...