Remediation of Heavy Metals Polluted Soil Using Metal Insolubilizing Materials
- 1 Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
- 2 TOMEC Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
- 3 Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
- 4 Division of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering and Science, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract
Heavy metal ions, one kind of harmful substance, may exist in the soil irrelevant to artificial development, and soil contamination, due to soil and rock containing these naturally derived heavy metals, has recently become apparent. Thus, in an amendment that came into effect in 2010 of Japan, the scope of countermeasures and regulations for contaminated soil was amended to “contaminated soil derived from artificial development” and “naturally derived contaminated soil”. When naturally derived contaminated soil is encountered during the carrying out of construction work, countermeasures against this type of soil contamination are necessary. In this research, new metal-insolubilizing materials are developed in order to improve the insolubilization treatment which is one method for treating contaminated soil. Specifically, tests are conducted to clarify the insolubilization effect on heavy metals, and the insolubilization mechanism is chemically and mineralogically discussed.
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