Heavy metal behaviour at mineral-organo interfaces: Mechanisms, modelling and influence factors

C Qu, W Chen, X Hu, P Cai, C Chen, XY Yu… - Environment …, 2019 - Elsevier
The mineral-organo composites control the speciation, mobility and bioavailability of heavy
metals in soils and sediments by surface adsorption and precipitation. The dynamic changes …

A review on Pb-bearing nanoparticles, particulate matter and colloids released from mining and smelting activities

M Schindler, M Santosh, G Dotto, LFO Silva… - Gondwana …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lead (Pb) is one of the most paradoxical elements, both having diverse practical uses, as
well as being extremely toxic to humans, and especially to children. The use of Pb records a …

[HTML][HTML] Mineral-organic interactions drive the aging and stabilization of exogenous Pb in soils

X Hu, C Qu, H Shi, P Cai, W Chen, Q Huang - Geoderma, 2023 - Elsevier
The interactions of soil components have profound impacts on the speciation, bioavailability
and transformation of heavy metals. However, these interactions have not been well …

Application of rhamnolipid surfactant for remediation of toxic metals of long-and short-term contamination sites

CSC Lopes, DB Teixeira, BF Braz, RE Santelli… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
A rhamnolipid extract from Pseudomonas aeruginosa was tested on soils from short-and
long-term contamination sites. Mass spectrometry analysis revealed a predominance of di …

Comparison of chemical speciation of lead, arsenic, and cadmium in contaminated soils from a historical mining site: implications for different mobilities of heavy …

B Gankhurel, K Fukushi, A Akehi… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Knowledge of the chemical forms and binding types of metals enables evaluation of their
behavior and bioavailability in soil. This study employed a combination of sequential …

Relationship of bioaccessibility and fractionation of cadmium in long-term spiked soils for health risk assessment based on four in vitro gastrointestinal simulation …

W Tang, Q Xia, B Shan, JC Ng - Science of the Total Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
The bioavailability and bioaccessibility of heavy metals mainly depend on their speciation in
soils; however, the relationship between bioaccessibility and its speciation as determined as …

Speciation, risk assessment and bioavailability of metals in the agricultural soils of the Göksu Delta, Turkey

A Demir - Soil and Sediment Contamination: An International …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This study determined the total concentrations, chemical speciations and their potential
ecological risks of 11 metals from soil samples collected from 13 different locations in the …

A multi-surface model to predict Cd phytoavailability to wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

B Zhu, Q Liao, X Zhao, X Gu, C Gu - Science of the Total Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
The prediction of metal bioavailability in soils is critical to metal risk assessments and the
amount of dissolved metal in soils is a key factor determining bioavailability. Because the …

[HTML][HTML] Solid-solution partitioning of micronutrients Zn, Cu and B in tropical soils: Mechanistic and empirical models

E Van Eynde, JE Groenenberg, E Hoffland… - Geoderma, 2022 - Elsevier
Trace elements such as zinc (Zn), copper (Cu) and boron (B) are important micronutrients for
crop production. Their bioavailability is essential to crops yield quantity and quality in many …

Geochemical speciation and activation risks of Cd, Ni, and Zn in soils with naturally high background in karst regions of southwestern China

N Wei, X Gu, Y Wen, C Guo, J Ji - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2025 - Elsevier
Agricultural soils in karst regions present a remarkable paradox where high geochemical
background levels of heavy metals correspond with unexpectedly low crop uptake …