Research Article
Removal of Hg from Real Polluted Sediments Using Enhanced-EK Decontamination: Verification of Experimental Methods and Batch-Test Preliminary Results
Table 4
Physicochemical properties of dredged sediments.
| Particle size distribution | Diameter (mm) | Distribution (%) |
| 0–0.062 (clay) | 3.5 | 0.062–0.5 (silt) | 87.9 | 0.5–2.0 (sand) | 8.3 | >2.0 (gravel) | 0.3 |
| pH | 8.0 |
| Moisture (%) | 40.17 |
| Metals | (mg·kg−1) |
| As | 8.33 | Cd | 0.46 | Cr tot | 47.93 | Hg | 28.20 | Ni | 29.90 | Pb | 29.77 | Cu | 51.40 | Zn | 91.17 |
| PAHs | Single PAH | (mg·kg−1) |
| Naphthalene | <0.010 | Acenaphthylene | <0.010 | Acenaphthene | <0.010 | Phenanthrene | <0.010 | Anthracene | <0.010 | Fluoranthene | <0.010 | Pyrene | <0.010 | Benzo(a)anthracene | <0.010 | Chrysene | <0.010 | Benzo(b)fluoranthene | <0.010 | Benzo(k)fluoranthene | <0.010 | Benzo(a)pyrene | <0.010 | Perylene | <0.010 | Benzo(g,h,i)perylene | <0.010 | Dibenz(a,h)anthracene | <0.010 |
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