Yoon Sang-Gyu, Kwak Ihn-Sil, Yoon Hye-On, An Jinsung
Department of Environment Safety System Engineering, Semyung University, Jecheon 27136, Republic of Korea.
Department of Ocean Integrated Science, Chonnam National University, Yeosu 59626, Republic of Korea.
Toxics. 2022 Nov 17;10(11):703. doi: 10.3390/toxics10110703.
In this study, the adsorption characteristics of dimethylated arsenicals to rice husk biochar (BC) and Fe/biochar composite (FeBC) were assessed through isothermal adsorption experiments and X-ray absorption spectroscopy analysis. The maximal adsorption capacities (q) of inorganic arsenate, calculated using the Langmuir isotherm equation, were 1.28 and 6.32 mg/g for BC and FeBC, respectively. Moreover, dimethylated arsenicals did not adsorb to BC at all, and in the case of FeBC, q values of dimethylarsinic acid (DMA(V)), dimethylmonothioarsinic acid (DMMTA(V)), and dimethyldithioarsinic acid (DMDTA(V)) were calculated to be 7.08, 0.43, and 0.28 mg/g, respectively. This was due to the formation of iron oxide (i.e., two-line ferrihydrite) on the surface of BC. Linear combination fitting using As K-edge X-ray absorption near edge structure spectra confirmed that all chemical forms of dimethylated arsenicals adsorbed on the two-line ferrihydrite were DMA(V). Thus, FeBC could retain highly mobile and toxic arsenicals such as DMMTA(V) and DMDTA(V)) in the environment, and transform them into DMA(V) with relatively low toxicity.
在本研究中,通过等温吸附实验和X射线吸收光谱分析评估了二甲基化砷化合物对稻壳生物炭(BC)和铁/生物炭复合材料(FeBC)的吸附特性。使用朗缪尔等温方程计算得出,无机砷酸盐在BC和FeBC上的最大吸附容量(q)分别为1.28和6.32 mg/g。此外,二甲基化砷化合物根本不吸附于BC,而对于FeBC,计算得出二甲基次砷酸(DMA(V))、二甲基一硫代次砷酸(DMMTA(V))和二甲基二硫代次砷酸(DMDTA(V))的q值分别为7.08、0.43和0.28 mg/g。这是由于在BC表面形成了氧化铁(即二线水铁矿)。利用As K边X射线吸收近边结构光谱进行的线性组合拟合证实,吸附在二线水铁矿上的所有二甲基化砷化合物的化学形态均为DMA(V)。因此,FeBC能够在环境中截留高迁移性和有毒的砷化合物,如DMMTA(V)和DMDTA(V),并将它们转化为毒性相对较低的DMA(V)。