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Treatments of wood ash amended biochar to reduce nutrient leaching and immobilise lead, copper, zinc and cadmium in aqueous solution: column experiments

Stuart Cairns Orcid Logo, Iain Robertson Orcid Logo, Peter Holliman Orcid Logo, Alayne Street-Perrott Orcid Logo

Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology, Volume: 8, Issue: 6, Pages: 1277 - 1286

Swansea University Authors: Iain Robertson Orcid Logo, Peter Holliman Orcid Logo, Alayne Street-Perrott Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1039/d1ew00962a

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The pollution of aqueous environments by metals has continued to increase due to anthropogenic activities such as mining, waste disposal, industrial activities and the use of motor vehicles. Globally, vehicle numbers are predicted to increase to 2.8 billion by 2050 with aqueous pollutants associated...

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title Treatments of wood ash amended biochar to reduce nutrient leaching and immobilise lead, copper, zinc and cadmium in aqueous solution: column experiments
spellingShingle Treatments of wood ash amended biochar to reduce nutrient leaching and immobilise lead, copper, zinc and cadmium in aqueous solution: column experiments
Iain Robertson
Peter Holliman
Alayne Street-Perrott
title_short Treatments of wood ash amended biochar to reduce nutrient leaching and immobilise lead, copper, zinc and cadmium in aqueous solution: column experiments
title_full Treatments of wood ash amended biochar to reduce nutrient leaching and immobilise lead, copper, zinc and cadmium in aqueous solution: column experiments
title_fullStr Treatments of wood ash amended biochar to reduce nutrient leaching and immobilise lead, copper, zinc and cadmium in aqueous solution: column experiments
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