Increasing commercial use of nanosilver has focussed attention on the fate of silver (Ag) in the waste-water release pathway. This paper reports the speciation and lability of Ag in archived, stockpiled, and contemporary biosolids from the UK, USA and Australia, and indicates that biosolids Ag concentrations have decreased significantly over recent decades. XANES revealed the importance of reduced-sulfur binding environments for Ag speciation in materials ranging from freshly produced sludge to biosolids weathered under ambient environmental conditions for more than 50 years. Isotopic dilution with Ag-110m showed that Ag was predominantly non-labile in both fresh and aged biosolids (13.7% mean lability), with E-values ranging from 0.3 to 60 mg/kg and 5 mM CaNO3 extractable Ag from 1.2 to 609 mu g/kg (0.002-3.4% of the total Ag). This study indicates that at the time of soil application, biosolids Ag will be predominantly Ag-sulfides and characterised by low isotopic lability. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Non-labile silver species in biosolids remain stable throughout 50 years of weathering and ageing / Donner, E; Scheckel, K; Sekine, R; Popelka-Filcoff, R S; Bennett, J W; Brunetti, G; Naidu, R; Mcgrath, S P; Lombi, E. - In: ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION. - ISSN 0269-7491. - 205:(2015), pp. 78-86. [10.1016/j.envpol.2015.05.017]

Non-labile silver species in biosolids remain stable throughout 50 years of weathering and ageing

Brunetti, G;
2015-01-01

Abstract

Increasing commercial use of nanosilver has focussed attention on the fate of silver (Ag) in the waste-water release pathway. This paper reports the speciation and lability of Ag in archived, stockpiled, and contemporary biosolids from the UK, USA and Australia, and indicates that biosolids Ag concentrations have decreased significantly over recent decades. XANES revealed the importance of reduced-sulfur binding environments for Ag speciation in materials ranging from freshly produced sludge to biosolids weathered under ambient environmental conditions for more than 50 years. Isotopic dilution with Ag-110m showed that Ag was predominantly non-labile in both fresh and aged biosolids (13.7% mean lability), with E-values ranging from 0.3 to 60 mg/kg and 5 mM CaNO3 extractable Ag from 1.2 to 609 mu g/kg (0.002-3.4% of the total Ag). This study indicates that at the time of soil application, biosolids Ag will be predominantly Ag-sulfides and characterised by low isotopic lability. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
2015
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