Academic literature on the topic 'Soils – Nickel content'

A description of mobile Ni contents in various subtypes of calcareous black soils from the area of the mountain massif of Rajac, is given in the present paper. A hundred soil samples were analysed in all, originating from four subtypes of calcareous black soil (organogenic, organo-mineral, brownized and loessivized black soils). The extraction of mobile Ni was carried out with 1.0 N HCl and its content was determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. The obtained results indicate that mobile Ni content in the investigated soils varies within a wide range, from 5.0 to 251.3 mg/kg that it is very seldom (only in 3% of the investigated samples) within the range from 5 to 7 mg/kg, that in over 90% of the 100 investigated samples it is higher than 10 mg/kg, and in almost 3/5 of the samples it is higher than 20 mg/kg. Calcareous black soils of Rajac massif have much higher mobile Ni content than previously investigated black soils from calcareous massif of Rtanj, which is, by all means, only partly due to their more severe dealkalization and acidification. In addition, here is undoubtedly apparent the influence of the geological substrate, i.e. of serpentine rocks that border the calcareous massif of Rajac.

The paper analyzes the adaptive abilities of black currant cultivars of plants for the assimilation of nickel from highly cultivated sod-podzolic soils containing 10.7-14.1 mg / kg of fluent nickel. Plantings were monitored at experimental plantings of ARHIBAN (Moscow region) on 9 black currant cultivars: Oryol Serenade, Belarusskaja sladkaja, Zagadka, Vologda, Triton, Biryulevskaya, Titania, Orlowsky waltz, Exotica. The agrochemical properties of the soil, the content of fluent nickel in the soil, and its content in the fruits of black currant plants were determined. Based on the analysis, the coefficients of nickel assimilation by black currant plants were calculated and statistical dependencies of its accumulation indicators on agrochemical properties of sod-podzolic soils at different depths of the root layer were determined. According to the results of research, regression dependences of the accumulation of nickel in black currant fruits on the indicators of the agrochemical properties of the soil and the content in the soil of fluent nickel were constructed. It was established that the nickel content in black currant fruits primarily depended on the acidity of the soil, on the content in the soil of fluent nickel, alkaline hydrolysable nitrogen and fluent potassium. Black currant cultivars Belarusskaja sladkaja, Vologda, Triton, Biryulevskaya, Titania were more resistant to soil pollution with nickel.

Abstract The aim of the conducted research was the evaluation of the influence of increased pH on the content and mobility of nickel in arable soils in the surroundings of Małogoszcz Cement Plant. The physico-chemical properties of the investigated soils were determined by the methods commonly used in soil laboratories. The total content of Ni was determined after mineralization in the mixture of HF and HClO4 acids, and the content of forms available for plants, after the extraction with DTPA solution, using ASA method. The investigated soils are characterized as loamy sands or sands (PTG 2008). These soils have the content of C-organic in the range of 10.3.24.2 g·kg-1 in the surface horizons and 8.3.20.3 g·kg-1 in the subsurface horizons. The pH values allow to classify these soils as alkaline. In all of the investigated soils calcium carbonate occurs. The values of total content of nickel were in the range of 1.47.2.82 mg·kg-1 in surface horizons and 1.80.2.45 mg·kg-1 in subsurface horizons, which allows to classify these soils as soil with natural nickel content. The content of Ni-DTPA were in the range of 0.06.0.26 mg·kg.1. The sequential analysis of the obtained results indicates on significant statistically positive correlation between the total content of Ni and C-organic, which has the value of 0.648143 and between the content of Ni-DTPA and the content of fraction with Ø<0.002 mm, with the value of 0.581113 on p=0.05.

The article highlights the results of research on the content of heavy metals in sod-podzolic soils of oil-contaminated areas of Ivano-Frankivsk region. Contamination of soils with petroleum products causes severe ecological consequences for ecosystems. The aim of the research was to study the peculiarities of the accumulation of heavy metals in the soil, underground part and vegetative mass of sylphia perforated in the conditions of cultivation in oil-contaminated areas. The content of mobile forms of heavy metals in soils did not exceed the norms in all variants of the experiment. During the cultivation of Sylphia perfoliatum, it grew in a number: cadmium → nickel → cobalt → lead. The concentration of heavy metals in the soil was determined, which reflects the change in the content of the element in the test soil relative to the content of metals in the background soil. The coefficients of concentration of mobile forms of heavy metals in oil-contaminated soil for the cultivation of perforated sylphia for the application of fertilizers based on sewage sludge and compost based on them increased in a number: cobalt → lead → nickel → cadmium. Peculiarities of heavy metals accumulation in the vegetative mass of perforated sylphia have been established. Indices of intra-tissue heavy metal contamination of the root system of sylphia perforated with the introduction of sewage sludge increase in the following series: cadmium → nickel → lead → cobalt. The maximum indices of contamination of sylphia roots permeated with cadmium, nickel and cobalt are observed for the introduction into the soil of ERUs at a rate of 40 t / ha and N10P14K58, lead – for the application of compost at a rate of 30 t/ha and N30K55. The lowest indices of intratissue contamination with heavy metals of the roots of sylphia perfoliatum were noted for the application of fertilizer N60P60K60.

The article presents the results of the assessment of the distribution of heavy metals content in anthropogenic transformed soils of the industrial zone of Moscow. Excesses of norms are shown, geochemical associations are obtained. The work proved to exceed the maximum permissible concentrations of cadmium, lead, copper, nickel, zinc, arsenic for eleven test sites per 13.95 hectares of industrial zone in 57% of the obtained empirical data on the content of pollutants in the soil. In the investigated area, the contents of lead, copper, nickel and zinc are not uniformly distributed and are within wide range. No excess of the norm was recorded for mercury. The isolation of two geochemical associations of manmade genesis is justified. One association includes cadmium lead, copper, and zinc with the system-forming element copper. The other consists of nickel and mercury.

Materials of engineering-ecological researches on various economic objects in Udmurtia are processed and systematized. Average (background) concentration of the heavy metals which are subject to obligatory control at engineering-ecological researches (lead, cadmium, zinc, copper, nickel, arsenic, mercury) for the main associations of soils and most wide-distributed kinds of soils are defined. It is revealed that with decreasing the soil’s podzol content and increasing the soil’s clay content, concentrations of heavy metals naturally raise. In general, similar soils are characterized by similar concentrations of heavy metals and similar ratios of concentration. It is established that excesses of hygienic standards on such elements as nickel, arsenic and to a lesser extent zinc, copper and cadmium, are not only something exclusive in Udmurtia, but also spreading more and more widely, especially in soils of light structure. The received average concentration can be accepted as background one at the subsequent engineering-ecological researches in the region.

This article assesses the resistance of brown forest soils of the Republic of Crimea, the Western and Central Caucasus to pollution by lead, chromium, nickel, and copper, and develops regional maximum permissible concentrations of these heavy metals. Soil contamination was modeled under laboratory conditions. Heavy metals were added in the form of oxides. Soil stability assessment was carried out by biological indicators. The brown forest soil of the Republic of Crimea proved to be the most resistant to pollution. The higher stability of the brown forest soils of the Western Caucasus relative to similar soils of the Central Caucasus, apparently, is determined by the higher content of organic matter in them, despite their lower acidity. Heavy metals formed the following series in terms of ecotoxicity for brown forest soils: Cr> Cu ≥ Ni ≥ Pb. The values of regional maximum permissible concentrations of lead, chromium, nickel and copper in the brown forest soils of the Crimea, Central and Western Caucasus are proposed.

<p>Soil subject to a three-year pot experiment was analyzed, in which the following factors were considered: (i) soil contamination with nickel (0, 75, 150 and 225 mg Ni kg-1 of soil); (ii) liming (0 Ca and Ca in a dose calculated according to 1 Hh of soil); (iii) organic fertilization (with no organic fertilization, rye straw and brown coal from the Turów coalmine). The test plant was orchardgrass, which was harvested in the amount of four cuts each year of the experiment. The copper and zinc fractions were assessed using the BCR method, whereas the pH was calculated using the potentiometer method. The total content of copper and zinc in the analyzed soil did not exceed the values of the geochemical background of the soils of Poland. No impact of the varied content of nickel in the soil on the total content and distribution of Cu and Zn was found in the investigated fractions. Liming caused an increase in the total content of zinc in the analyzed soil and a decrease in the content of Cu and Zn in the F1 fraction. The straw and brown coal caused an increase in the content of both metals in the soil in the F3 fraction.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Analizowano glebę po trzyletnim doświadczeniu wazonowym, w którym uwzględniono następujące czynniki: 1. zanieczyszczenie gleby niklem (0,75, 150 i 225 mg Ni kg-1 gleby); 2. wapnowanie (0 Ca i Ca w dawce wyliczonej wg 1 Hh gleby); 3. nawożenie organiczne (bez nawożenia organicznego, słoma żytnia i węgiel brunatny pochodzący z kopalni w Turowie). Rośliną testowa była kupkówka pospolita, której w każdym roku eksperymentu zebrano po cztery pokosy. Frakcje miedzi i cynku oznaczono metodą BCR, a pH metodą potencjometryczną. Ogólna zawartość miedzi i cynku w analizowanej glebie nie przekraczała wartości tła geochemicznego gleb Polski. Nie wykazano wpływu zróżnicowanej ilości niklu w glebie na zawartość ogólną i rozmieszczenie Cu i Zn w wydzielonych frakcjach. Wapnowanie spowodowało zwiększenie ilości ogólnej cynku w analizowanej glebie oraz zmniejszenie udziału Cu i Zn we frakcji F1. Słoma i węgiel brunatny spowodowały zwiększenie w glebie ilości obu metali oraz ich udziału we frakcji F3.</p>

Potentially toxic elements (PTE) are considered to be dangerous threats, both for human health and the environment. Here, the contamination level, sources, and ecological risks posed by PTE were investigated in 19 topsoils from agricultural lands in the Bandar Abbas County on the southern coast of Iran. The soil fraction <63 μm was used for the analysis of the pseudototal contents of PTE (arsenic, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, copper, lead, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, vanadium, and zinc). The results were analyzed using principal component analysis (PCA) and Pearson’s correlations, different pollution indices [enrichment factor (EF), contamination factor (Cf), and modified degree of contamination (mCd), and the potential ecological risk index (PERI). The results of the pollution indices showed that the contamination levels of the studied agricultural soils are low to moderate, while the average PERI values indicate that the ecological risks of PTE range from low to high in the soils of the studied area. Correlations and PCA analyses suggest that studied elements have three possible origins: geogenic (chromium, cobalt, copper, manganese, vanadium, and zinc), anthropogenic (cadmium, nickel, phosphorus and lead) and atmospheric (arsenic) sources. These findings are helpful for the long-term assessment of PTE in the Bandar Abbas County.

Ultramafic soils enriched in nickel, such as found in Australia and New Caledonia, are associated with unique, diverse and poorly known vegetation communities. Re-establishment of these highly specific ecosystems is still a challenge for Ni mining companies. Ultramafic vegetation communities are the outcome of a long evolution process resulting in their adaptation to the extreme soil conditions found on ultramafic outcrops. Mycorrhizal fungi, a very common plant symbiont, are generally thought to be beneficial to plants in other ecosystems, providing plants with phosphorus and even promoting metal tolerance in plants in some cases. We examined the hypothesis that mycorrhizal fungi may contribute to the survival of plants in ultramafic soil conditions. Bandalup Hill, an ultramafic outcrop enriched in Ni (South West of Western Australia) was selected to assess the contribution of mycorrhizal fungi to ultramafic plants. Soil constraints, in particular the degree of Ni toxicity, were assessed at two sites with ultramafic soils within the outcrop. Total metal, nutrient, DTPA extractable Ni and available P were measured in soil while Ni, Ca and Mg were tested in the soil solution. In addition, nutrients and metals were analyzed in shoots of some plant species occurring at each site: Eucalyptus flocktoniae, Melaleuca pomphostoma, Melaleuca coronicarpa and Hakea verucosa. Topsoils in Bandalup Hill and plant shoots had high levels of Ni, and very low levels of P, K and N. Variation in DTPA extractable Ni between sites reflected the variation in shoot Ni level of E. flocktoniae and M. pomphostoma. Variations in soil solution Ni levels reflected variations in shoot Ni levels of M. coronicarpa and H. verucosa between sites. The germination requirements of the plant species used to assess the soil constraints was assessed. Species selected included Eucalyptus flocktoniae, Melaleuca coronicarpa, and Hakea verucosa. Seeds of E. flocktoniae and M. coronicarpa had a higher germination rate if pre-treated with smoke water, while no pre-treatment was required to germinate H. verucosa seeds. The unusual germination requirement of E. flocktoniae and M. coronicarpa involve complex chemical signals that may be present in the soil when the conditions are more favorable for plant establishment. Such unusual germination requirement may represent an adaptation to the hostile conditions of the ultramafic soils of Bandalup Hill. The mycorrhizal association and root characteristics of the selected plant species was also assessed after 8 weeks of growth in undisturbed ultramafic topsoil cores from Bandalup Hill. Roots of these species (including H. verucosa from a previously designated non-mycorrhizal family, Proteaceae) were associated with mycorrhizal fungi. Roots of E. flocktoniae and M. coronicarpa were colonized by both arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and ectomycorrhizal fungi (ECM), while roots of H. verucosa only contained some AM fungal structures. All species had high shoot to root ratios and their root characteristics reflected their association with mycorrhizal fungi. Based on the previous observations, uninoculated and inoculated E. flocktoniae seedlings were grown for 10 to 16 weeks in sand amended with Ni at 0, 0.2, 1 and 2.3 mg/kg. Mycorrhizal inoculum consisted of spores of Pisolithus sp. (ECM) or a mix of AMF spores and colonized root fragments, both originating from Bandalup Hill. Another inoculum consisted in Pisolithus sp. spores from a site with ultramafic soils in New Caledonia. Inoculation with AM and ECM fungi from Bandalup Hill was beneficial to E. flocktoniae. Benefits consisted mainly of a reduction of Ni shoot translocation at the highest Ni soil level. At 1 mg/kg soil Ni, E. flocktoniae exhibited a certain degree of tolerance to Ni. A substantial increase in growth and nutrient uptake with Pisolithus sp. from Western Australia was also observed. The contribution of AM fungi from Bandalup Hill to E. flocktoniae, M. coronicarpa, H. verucosa, and Trifolium subterraneum (clover) was then examined in ultramafic soil from Bandalup Hill.Steaming of ultramafic soil increased the availability and plant uptake of P. Consequently, uninoculated seedlings grew better, and inoculation with AM fungi decreased the growth of native plant species but did not affect their shoot Ni concentration. The presence of AM fungi increased the concentration of P in shoots of native plants species. Inoculation had no effect on the growth and nutrient content of subterranean clover. As mining activities have the potential to reduce the infectivity of AM fungi in topsoils, the effect of disturbance and storage practices on the AM infectivity of ultramafic topsoils collected in summer or winter from Bandalup Hill was investigated. Disturbance consisted in passing topsoil through a 2mm seive and cutting roots into 1cm fragments. Disturbed topsoil was then stored at room temperature in pots that were either sealed from the atmosphere or left open, and pots were maintained at field capacity. E. flocktoniae seedlings were planted in undisturbed and disturbed topsoil just after topsoil collect and then after 3, 6 and 9 months of topsoil storage. AM fungi present in the topsoil collected in summer was less susceptible to initial disturbance than AM fungi present in topsoil collected during winter. Also, storage of topsoil in sealed pots watered to field capacity was more detrimental to its infectivity than storage of topsoil in dry conditions. Mycorrhizal fungi can contribute to the survival of some native plant species in the ultramafic soils of Bandalup Hill and they may represent another strategy to improve the success of Ni mine revegetation. However, such contribution may not be the unique avenue for native plants to survive in ultramafic soils of Bandalup Hill.

La province du Katanga est connue pour ses affleurements naturels de roches riches en cuivre et en cobalt. Plus d’une centaine de « collines de cuivre », isolées géographiquement et écologiquement possèdent une flore très originale qui comprend plus de 600 espèces dont 32 endémiques. Les métallophytes du Katanga sont des plantes fascinantes aux points de vue écologique, biogéographique, physiologique et évolutif. Elles restent très peu étudiées et leur conservation est très problématique compte tenu de l’extension des activités minières. L’objectif général de la thèse est de contribuer à une meilleure connaissance des métallophytes du Katanga, dans une perspective explicite de conservation de leur biodiversité.

Dans ce contexte, la thèse représente une des toutes premières approches de la biologie et l’écologie des populations de deux métallophytes apparentées. L’objectif est de préciser la distribution et la niche des deux taxons, et la variation de leur capacité d’accumuler et de tolérer les métaux lourds. Les résultats sont utilisés pour discuter la valeur conservatoire des cuprophytes du Katanga, leur vulnérabilité et envisager des stratégies de conservation.

Nous avons montré que les sols des affleurements de roche cuprocobaltifère se distinguer édaphiquement d’autres types de sols métallifères dans le monde. La révision phytogéographique et taxonomique a permis de valider 32 taxons endémiques et de mettre en évidence 23 couples de cuprophytes étroitement apparentés. La proportion élevée de couples de cuprophytes apparentés nous laisse suggérer que des événements de spéciation auraient existés au sein même des habitats cuprifères. Un isolement écologique pourrait s’exercer au niveau des zones les plus riches en cuivre. Ces couples d’espèces cuprophytes constitueraient un outil de recherche idéal pour l’étude de la spéciation.

Les propriétés hyperaccumulatrices de certaines espèces ont été exagérées, sans doute par suite de problèmes méthodologiques. L’accumulation du Cu ne se produit que dans des conditions édaphiques particulières, très difficiles à obtenir en culture. Cependant, nous avons montré que C. tenuis et C. perennis étaient hautement tolérantes au cuivre. Chez ces deux espèces, le cuivre provoquait une augmentation des performances de certaines populations métallicoles en milieux stérile. Ces populations posséderaient des besoins élevés en cuivre. Dans ce cas, la cuprophilie apparente de l’espèce in natura pourrait être expliquée par un coût de la tolérance au cuivre. Cette cuprophilie semble être un phénomène rare chez les espèces tolérantes au cuivre et confère ainsi à C. perennis et C. tenuis une valeur biologique remarquable.

Actuellement, parmi les 32 taxons endémiques stricts des habitats cuprifères du Katanga, 6% sont éteints (EX), 73% sont en danger critique d’extinction (CR), 9% sont en danger d’extinction (EN) et 3% sont vulnérables (VU). De plus, 18 taxons présentant une affinité particulièrement élevée pour les sols cuprifères, sans y être totalement confinés (fréquence sur Cu > 75%) sont réellement menacés d’extinction (22 % EN et 78% VU). Néanmoins, 18 % de ces endémiques menacées sont capables de coloniser les habitats métallifères anthropogènes. Comme C. perennis, certaines endémiques se développaient uniquement sur des sols perturbés par l’activité minière. C. tenuis possède aussi son optimum écologique sur les sols anthropogènes cuprifères. Cela indique que certaines espèces de la flore du cuivre du Katanga considérées en danger critique d’extinction sont en fait moins menacées parce qu’elles sont en mesure de se développer sur les habitats anthropogènes métallifères. L’exploitation minière est toujours destructive mais les habitats anthropogènes récents semblent avoir une valeur de conservation pour certains métallophytes rares. Une partie des déchets de l’exploitation minière et les sols contaminés pourraient être gérés de manière à fournir des habitats artificiels pour la colonisation ou la conservation ex situ de ces espèces. Dans la discussion, nous examinons les stratégies de conservation de ces espèces.

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碩士
國立屏東科技大學
環境工程與科學系所
100
Serpentinite soil contains high concentration of heavy metals like chromium(Cr) and nickel(Ni) which may be above the soil pollution control standard of EPA(Environmental Protection Agency) in Taiwan. The solubility and mobility of nickel in soil is far higher than chromium due to their formation of different minerals. This study researched and discussed about the solubility of nickel from serpentinite soil in rice paddy field since relative issues were rarely studied in the past. Samples of serpentinite soil rice paddy fields from two regions, eastern Taiwan and Kansai(Japan), were collected and analyzed through both chemical and physical properties, and determined the content of Fe, Mn and Ni by selective extraction. The result shows the differences of soil properties are causing by the differences of climates, weathering and land use between two regions. The concentration ranges of nickel in samples are 240-316 mg/kg in eastern Taiwan and 326-520 mg/kg in Kansai which are much above the control standard in Taiwan. In 0.1N HCl extraction, both of these two regions are above the tolerance of heavy metals in soils of organic agriculture but the concentration of nickel by DTPA extraction is far less than the result of total extraction. The nickel is consisted in the crystal lattice and rarely absorbed by plant. In the analysis of correlation between selective extraction and soil properties, there are both good in positive or negative correlations. The nickel in serpentinite soil will embed with crystalline Fe oxide, and then results the affection of mobility in soil. Key words: Nickel, paddy soils, selective extraction, serpentinites

One of the environmental concerns associated with mining waste is the contamination of soil. This study addresses the decontamination of soil, particularly of Co and Ni using Berkheya coddii (B. coddii). B. coddii is a hyperaccumulater plant that is able to decontaminate Co and Ni from the contaminated land. The use of B. coddii to decontaminate soil or waste must be based on a cognizance of the complicated, integrated effects of pollutant sources and soil-plant variables. Phytoextraction pot trials using B. coddii were carried out under green house condition, with controlled watering. A contaminated metallurgical waste residue known as Rustenburg Base Mine Refineries waste (RBMR waste soil) collected from Rustenburg while a serpentine (native) soil (N soil) where B. coddii grows naturally was collected from Mpumalanga. The experiment involved the addition of sulfur doses to both soils in order to test whether acidification and higher sulfur availability could enhance the uptake of both Co and Ni by B. coddii. The results indicate that the addition of sulfur from 2.0 to 8.0 g per kilogram decreased pH in both substrates. RBMR waste soil pH was found to have decreased from 7.8 to 7.4 while the N soil pH was found to have decreased from 6.4 to 4.7. The reduction oxidation potential (redox potential) in both substrates was observed to have decreased along with the increase in sulfur dosage. The mean redox potential for RBMR waste soil was found to be 350 mV and 506 mV for the N soil after the addition of sulfur. Conductivity increased along with the increase in sulfur dosage in both substrates. The mean conductivity for the N soil was found to be 961 μS/cm while that of the RBMR waste soil was found to be 1453 μS/cm after the addition of sulfur. The decrease in soil pH was significant (p = 0.00115) in the N soil than RBMR waste soil. Despite the increase in sulfur dosage and decrease in soil pH in both substrates, B. coddii observed growing. Although it was evident that B. coddii is able to grow in the RBMR waste soil, it was observed that the RBMR waste soil limits the root depth of the B. coddii, reducing chances for the roots to penetrate into the ground especially when dry. The RBMR waste soil becomes more compacted than the N soil when dry. It is therefore crucial to ensure that there is enough moisture to allow for the B. coddii being able to survive effectively in the RBMR waste soil. B. coddii plant height in the RBMR waste soil after four months was observed to be in the range of 190 to 200 mm tall. This was found to be less than the height observed for the B. coddii planted in the N soil, which was in the range of 350 to 400 mm. Nonetheless, plants grown in both substrates were able to absorb Ni and Co into their tissues. More Co and Ni were found to have accumulated into the leaf tissues than in other parts of the plant. This could be an advantage since one would harvest only the leaf part or the canopy (shoots) and allow B. coddii to resprout in order to continue taking up more Co and Ni from the same waste substrate to remediation levels that could be stipulated by Government as desirable for the ecosystem and the protection of human health. Although the accumulated Ni and Co can be recovered from biomass, this alone might not provide sufficient economic justification for phytoextraction due to the low concentrations that could be recovered. B. coddii was found to absorb higher concentrations of Co and Ni from the N soil than from the RBMR waste soil. However, the results found in this study may not be conclusive. This could be due to many variables that could control metal uptake which were not investigated. These include mycorrhizal fungi and metal forms in the soil. Moreover, this study was performed in a green house and not in the outdoor environment. Ni is generally toxic to most plants, hyperaccumulators (i.e. B.coddii) contain elements that nullify the toxic effect of nickel, and in this case the accumulated nickel is bound to malate to form a harmless nickel complex which could be absorbed by the plants as nutrients.

博士
國立屏東科技大學
環境工程與科學系所
101
Serpentinites were derived from ultramafic igneous rocks through hydrothermal alteration, which original rocks are island silicate framework and high in Fe and Mg. Serpentinites are weakly resistant in weathering and characterized with high Mg and low Ca and abundant levels of Cr and Ni.The serpentinitic soils are characterized low Ca/Mg ratios and large amounts of Cr and Ni. These heavy metals are not produced from human activities in serpentine soils, but may have adverse effects on eco-environment and human health. This study collected nine soil profiles from Japan and six soil profiles from eastern Taiwan which totally are 95 horizon soil samples. Total and DTPA extraction were performed for chromium and nickel measurement. Experimental results indicates that the Japanese pedons were low weathered compared to Taiwanese ones due to the low Ca/Mg ratios in the Japanese soil samples. However, total contents of Cr and Ni in all soils were much higher than non-serpentine soils, and the metal levels in some of them were over the control standards of Taiwan. Regarding the metal fractionation, Cr and Ni were mainly from the mineral lattices, and thus were concentrated in the residual fractions. The mobility sequence followed as Ni > Cr. With respect to DTPA extractable amount, Ni was higher than Cr. The difference in the DTPA extraction between metals was corresponding to the results of lability evalauted by sequential extraction; however, Cr is hardly absorbed by plant. The soil DTPA extraction effectiveness of Cr and Ni concentrations were much lower than the total contents. However, the effectiveness of chromium and nickel and exchangeable Ca//Mg ratio was negatively correlated significantly. This means that the gradual loss of exchangeable Mg with soil weathering. The effectiveness of the Cr and Ni concentrations will be reduced because of the fixation by iron oxides. This phenomenon can not be discerned in artificially contaminated soils to support the verification of Cr and Ni sources for serpentinitic soils.

碩士
國立屏東科技大學
環境工程與科學系所
101
Soil plays a very important role in environment and ecology. High heavy metals contents in soil due to naturally geological environment improve the human security concerns for food crops, and indirectly increase the degree of risk to human health. Serpentinite, one kind of ultrabasics, its main compositions are serpentine and chrysotile. The higher background contents of heavy metals Ni and Cr in serpentine soil which can be over the soil pollution control standards of Environmental Protection Agency, Taiwan. This study used five pedons of serpentine soils from Austria, Japan and Indonesia, analyzed the concentrations of different associated types of Cr and Ni by sequential extraction, compared the influences of climatic conditions of tropical, subtropical and temperate zone on the Ni and Cr contents in the soils. Experimental results find that the Ni and Cr contents in soils of tropical zone were higher than those of the suntropical and temperate zones. Ni content was averagely higher than Cr by total analyses of pedons. By sequential extractions, Cr and Ni were mainly from the mineral lattices, thus were concentrated in the residual fractions. Nickel higher than Cr by summations of front three fractions by sequential extractions, indicated Ni mobility higher than that of Cr.

碩士
國立屏東科技大學
環境工程與科學系所
101
As a highly accurate quantitative method of determining the contents of heavy metal in soil, aqua regia digestion is a standard method in Taiwan, and the control standards of soil in Taiwan is primarily based on this method. X-ray fluorescence spectrometer (XRF) is a fast and low cost screening method widely used in situ for real-time investigation approach. 294 high concentration soil samples (Cr &; Ni) formed from serpentine in east Taiwan and 127 contaminated samples from rice paddy were analyzed in both aqua regia deigestion and XRF methods. The results were compared and discussed using statistical method. The results of both methods were highly correlated in rice paddy samples ( R2=0.95 and 0.98, P&;lt;0.01). In contrast, the correlation of Cr concentration in serpentine soil samples were not significant (R2=0.64, P&;lt;0.01) whereas the conc. of Ni were highly correlated (R2=0.94, P&;lt;0.01). Concentration of Cr in rice paddy samples is under estimated with XRF methods while the Ni is over estimated. In the case of serpentine soil samples, XRF method is over estimated in both elements. Consequently, the application of XRF screening method in the investigation of contaminated rice paddy could largely decrease the amounts of laboratory analysis, and thus reduce the cost.

The influence of processing the serpentinite quarry from the Caucasian mountains at the foot of the Mount Elbrus crushed waste on soil agrochemical properties, phytotoxicity of spring barley, influence on barley plant biomass and its chemical composition were investigated. Ground and granular serpentinite had a different effect on soil and plants. Application of serpentinite fertilizers significantly increased the content of calcium, iron, 227.95-376.75 and 5.05-9.62 mg kg-1, total and plant-derived magnesium 0.34-0.52 and 1.19-2.16 mg kg-1, lead and nickel, while the amount of copper dropped substantially; the soil was becoming more alkaline. Application of ground serpentinite lead to alkalizing of the soil much more compared to the granular, with a significant increase in plant-derived magnesium. The influence of serpentinite increased the yield of spring barley plants in green and dry mass by 0.049-0.256 and 0.011-0.046 g or 0.65-3.41 and 1.19-2.59% out of the growing vessel, and dry matter increased by 0.12-0.26 % units, the yield of spring barley green and dry mass under the influence of ground serpentinite was higher than of granular serpentinite fertilizer, and the dry matter was found to be significantly higher than that of unfertilized spring barley plants. Ground and granular serpentinite was not phytotoxic to spring barley. An application of ground serpentinite increased an amount of calcium, potassium and magnesium in the barley dry matter compared to the granular serpentinite. Ground and granular serpentinite reduced the amount of trace elements copper and manganese in the dry mass of the plant, and the amount of zinc decreased only after fertilization with granular serpentinite. An application of serpentinite significantly decreased content of lead, chrome and cadmium while nickel content significantly increased in the dry matter of barley plants.