Effects of chemical, biological, and physical aging As well As soil addition on the sorption of pyrene to activated carbon and biochar
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In this study, the suitability of biochar and activated carbon (AC) for contaminated soil remediation is investigated by determining the sorption of pyrene to both materials in the presence and absence of soil and before as well as after aging. Biochar and AC were aged either alone or mixed with soil via exposure to (a) nutrients and microorganisms (biological), (b) 60 and 110 °C (chemical), and (c) freeze-thaw cycles (physical). Before and after aging, the pH, elemental composition, cation exchange capacity (CEC), microporous SA, and sorption isotherms of pyrene were quantified. Aging at 110 °C altered the physicochemical properties of all materials to the greatest extent (for example, pH increased by up to three units and CEC by up to 50% for biochar). Logarithmic K(Fr) values ranged from 7.80 to 8.21 (ng kg(-1))(ng L(-1))(-nF) for AC and 5.22 to 6.21 (ng kg(-1))(ng L(-1))(-nF) for biochar after the various aging regimes. Grinding biochar to a smaller particle size did not significantly affect the sorption of d(10) pyrene, implying that sorption processes operate on the subparticle scale. Chemical aging decreased the sorption of pyrene to the greatest extent (up to 1.8 log unit for the biochar+soil). The sorption to AC was affected more by the presence of soil than the sorption to biochar was. Our results suggest that AC and biochar have a high sorption capacity for pyrene that is maintained both in the presence of soil and during harsh aging. Both materials could therefore…
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Biochar-soil mixtures have lower cation exchange capacity than pure biochar.
“Previous research has indicated that biochar-soil mixtures have lower cation exchange capacity than pure biochar (Hale et al., 2011).”
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- Authors
- Hale, S., Hanley, K., Lehmann, J., Zimmerman, A., & Cornelissen, G.
- Affiliations
- Department of Environmental Engineering, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), P.O. Box 3930, Ullevål Stadion, N-0806, Oslo, Norway
- Cornell University (US)
- Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, P.O. Box 112120, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
- Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NO)
- Venue
- Environmental Science & Technology
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2011-11-28
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 24
- Pages
- 10445-10453
- ISSN
- 0013-936X (ISSN-L)
- 1520-5851
- OpenAlex
- W2051082673
- Cited by
- 435
- References
- 54
- Citations by year
- 2026: 15 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 36 · 2022: 37 · 2021: 31 · 2020: 28 · 2019: 37 · 2018: 38 · 2017: 46 · 2016: 34 · 2015: 30 · 2014: 25 · 2013: 19 · 2012: 11
- FWCI
- 17.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Environmental Science & Technology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Norges Forskningsråd
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Environmental remediation with nanomaterials
- Keywords
- activated carbon, biochar, aging materials, chemical aging, biological aging, freeze-thaw cycles, soil remediation, Freundlich isotherm, cation exchange capacity, particle size effects, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
- MeSH terms
- Adsorption, Charcoal, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Pyrenes, Soil, Soil Microbiology, Soil Pollutants, Environmental Restoration and Remediation
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