Pedosphere 10(1): 53--60, 2000
ISSN 1002-0160/CN 32-1315/P
©2000 Soil Science Society of China
Published by Elsevier B.V. and Science Press
Effect of humus on activity of mineral-bound Hg: Ⅲ. Effect on leachability and transfer of mineral-bound Hg under acid leaching condition
YAO Ai-Jun1, QING Chang-Le2 and MOU Shu-Sen2
1 College of Geoscience, Zhongshan University, Guangxhou 510B75 (china)
2 College of Resource and Environment, Southwest Agricultural University, Chongqing 400716 (China)
ABSTRACT
      Effects of humus fractions (fulvic acid, brown humic acid and grey humic acid) on the leachability and transferring activity of five types of mineral-bound Hg were investigated. Under the acid leaching condition; fulvic acid could promote leachability and vertical transference of all the mineral-bound Hg. Brown humic acid could retard the leaching and transferring processes of CaCO3-Hg, Fe2O3-Hg, MnO2-Hg and kaolinite-Hg but not bentonite-Hg. Grey humic acid could greatly enhance residing ability of the mineral-bound Hg in the soil column and restrain them from vertical transferring. The effect of humus on leachability and transferring activity on the mineral-bound Hg was closely related to its ability to convert the mineral-bound Hg into organic-bound form and the transferability of the latter in the soil column. The characteristics of the mineral-bound Hg in speciation were the internal factors that determined the extent and rate of the influence of the humus.
Key Words:  humus, leachability, mineral-bound Hg, transfer
Citation: Yao, A. J., Qing, C. L. and Mou, S. S. 2000. Effect of humus on activity of mineral-bound Hg: Ⅲ. Effect on leachability and transfer of mineral-bound Hg under acid leaching condition. Pedosphere. 10(1): 53-60.
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