Abstract

The environmentally friendly electrokinetic process was investigated using model contaminated soil with Pb and humic acid. Although humic acid has a negative charge, it moved toward the cathode side by electroosmotic flow. The removal efficiency of Pb from model contaminated soil was 48.0% under 1 V/cm of the potential gradient after 72 h of operation, while it improved to 72.6% with humic acid. These results indicated that humic acid has high potential for application in the environmentally friendly remediation of soil.

Full Text
Published version (Free)

Talk to us

Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have

Schedule a call