Biochar and activated carbons preparation from invasive algae Sargassum spp. for Chlordecone availability reduction in contaminated soils
Abstract
This work aims to valorize an invasive brown macroalga (Sargassum spp. consisting of two species Sargassum fluitans and Sargassum natans) by producing biochars (BCs) and activated carbons (ACs). Its abundant and frequent occurrence along the Caribbean coastlines, Florida, Gulf of Mexico during the last past nine years, have triggered human health concerns and have negatively impacted local economy, ecology and the environment. In this paper, BCs and ACs were developed to assess the reduction of chlordecone (CLD) environmental availability in artificial and tropical contaminated soils. Such innovative approach was proposed to limit CLD bio-availability to fauna and outdoor rearedanimals. The BCs were prepared by pyrolysis at 700 • C while ACs samples by chemical or physical activation. Textural characterization, has evidenced that bi-modal structures with micro-and mesopores, various surface and high pore volumes were successfully obtained. Finally, the environmental availability tests resulted in various ability of BCs or ACs to significantly sequestrate CLD on artificial contaminated soils and on a natural nitisol. In particular, the BCs prepared with a 3 h pyrolysis time, exhibited the highest porosities properties and was the best candidate to efficiently sequestrate CLD in soil samples.
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Environmental Sciences Environmental Engineering Life Sciences [q-bio] Food and Nutrition Life Sciences [q-bio] Animal biology Veterinary medicine and animal Health Life Sciences [q-bio] Agricultural sciences Agronomy Life Sciences [q-bio] Agricultural sciences Soil study Life Sciences [q-bio] Agricultural sciences Zootechny Life Sciences [q-bio] Agricultural sciences Animal production studies Life Sciences [q-bio] Toxicology Toxicology and food chain
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