The preparation of paddy soil amendment using granite and marble waste: Performance and mechanisms

The wastes generated from the mining and processing of granite and marble stone are generally regarded as useless. However, these waste materials were used as the soil amendments for the first time. The functional groups, crystalline structure and micro-morphology of granite and marble wastes amendm...

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Published in:Journal of environmental sciences (China) 2023-05, Vol.127, p.564-576
Main Authors: Chen, Tao, Duan, Lianxin, Cheng, Sheng, Jiang, Shaojun, Yan, Bo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Calcium Carbonate
Granite and marble waste
Heavy metal immobilization
Metals, Heavy - analysis
Oxides
Silicon Dioxide
Soil - chemistry
Soil amelioration
Soil contamination
Soil Pollutants - analysis
Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
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Summary:The wastes generated from the mining and processing of granite and marble stone are generally regarded as useless. However, these waste materials were used as the soil amendments for the first time. The functional groups, crystalline structure and micro-morphology of granite and marble wastes amendments (GMWA) were different from the original wastes demonstrated by X-ray diffractometer (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FT-IR) and Scanning electron microscope-energy dispersive spectrometer (SEM-EDS) analyses. With the addition of the amendments, the cation exchange capacity, electrical conductivity and nutrient availability of the soil increased, and the extractable heavy metals of the soil reduced significantly. Under the condition of the addition of 3% amendments, 7.0%, 99.9%, 99.7% and 70.5% of Cu, Pb, Zn and Cd in exchangeable fractions in soil were transformed to the more stable Fe-Mn oxides- or carbonates-bounded fractions. Tessier method and correlation analysis showed that the reduction of extractable metals in the acidic paddy soil can be attributed to the adsorption of available SiO2, the co-precipitation induced by the elevated pH value, the complexation induced by Fe-Mn oxides and the cation exchange induced by mineral nutrients. This study provides a new strategy for resource recovery of waste stones and remediation of heavy metal-contaminated soil. [Display omitted]
ISSN:1001-0742
1878-7320
DOI:10.1016/j.jes.2022.06.009