Sorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to biochar and potential PAH bioavailability

Holm, Thomas

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Title

Sorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to biochar and potential PAH bioavailability

Author(s)

Holm, Thomas

Issue Date

2013-06-14

Keyword(s)

• PAH
• biochar
• polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

Abstract

Thomas Holm - Groundwater Geochemist at the Illinois State Water Survey, a division of the Prairie Research Institute at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Char was produced from corn stover by slow pyrolysis under nitrogen at 450°, 550°, and 750°C. Sub-samples of char were subjected to artificial aging for 30 days. The total PAH concentrations in all fresh and aged chars were below 1.5 mg/kg. Sorption and bioavailability of pyrene, a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, were characterized for fresh and aged chars. Pyrene sorbed strongly to all chars. The minimum distribution coefficient for 1 µg/L (1 nM) dissolved pyrene was 106. Freundlich isotherms fit the sorption data very well. The effect of corn stover char on pyrene bioavailability was characterized by extraction with 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HPCD). For all chars tested, less that 10% of added pyrene was extractable with HPCD. In some cases, less than 1% was extractable. This result is consistent with the strong sorption of pyrene to corn stover char.

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2013 Midwest Biochar Conference

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Language

en

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