Chemical Fractionation of Copper and Zinc After Addition of Conocarpous Waste Biochar to A Drill Cutting

Zohre Lajmiri Orak, Department of Environment, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran., Sima Sabzalipour, Ebrahim Panahpour, Sina Attar Roshan, Haman Tavakkoli, Department of Environment, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran., Department of Soil Science, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran., Department of Environment, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran., Department of Chemistry, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran.
2021 Journal of Advances in Environmental Health Research  
Drill Cutting (DC) are large amount of waste generated in gas and oil exploration and production activities that contains toxic substances, especially heavy metals. This study aimed to use Conocarpus Waste (CW) biochar to investigate its effects on changes in chemical forms and stabilization and distribution of Cu and Zn in DC samples of Ahvaz oil field at different incubation times. Methods: In order to study the effects of CW biochar at different rates (0, 2, 5, and 10% w/w) and four
more » ... n times (1, 2, 4, and 8 weeks) for adsorption and chemical fractionation of Copper (Cu) and Zinc (Zn) in DC of Ahvaz oil field in southwestern Iran. An experiment was conducted as a factorial in a completely randomized designing in three replication. Sequential extraction procedure of Tessier was applied for the determination of heavy metals fraction. Results: Application of biochar significantly (p <0.05) increased the pH, soil organic carbon (SOC), electrical conductivity (EC), and cation exchange capacity (CEC) especially at the 10% application rate. After the addition of CW biochar, the exchangeable (EX) and carbonate (CAR) fractions of Cu and Zn, respectively decreased (P≤0.05) significantly while organic matter (OM) bound, oxides (OX) bound, and residual (RES) fraction were increased. Conclusion: The CW biochar can be a low-cost and effective amendment in immobilizing the Cu and Zn, and also effectively to reducing their mobility in DC.
doi:10.32598/jaehr.9.1.1202 fatcat:5bg7zgniezgfpodchtazb6fajm