Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: Contaminated soil sites pose an immense problem globally.There is generally no affordable method to remove contaminants from soil apart from phytoremediation, a technology that works on removing contaminants from surface soils.Tests were conducted to evaluate the mechanisms that control adsorption of copper (Cu), as an example of a common contaminant in northwest Ohio, by soil particles in order to optimize the phytoremediation method.The major soil parameters that control adsorption of Cu include organic matter content, clay mineral content, pH, alkalinity and hardness.Particle size analysis was substituted for clay mineral content because of vii
Author: Catherine Lynn Buchanan
Institution: University of Toledo
Language: English
Topic: Heavy metals in environment
Subfield: Pollution
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Life on land
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2216839405