Alessandro G. Rombol�
Fate of soil organic carbon and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in a vineyard soil treated with biochar
Rombol�, Alessandro G.; Meredith, Will; Baronti, Silvia; Snape, Colin E.; Genesio, Lorenzo; Vaccari, Francesco Primo; Miglietta, Franco; Fabbri, Daniele
Authors
Dr WILLIAM MEREDITH william.meredith@nottingham.ac.uk
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Silvia Baronti
Professor Colin Snape COLIN.SNAPE@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
PROFESSOR OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY & CHEMICAL ENG
Lorenzo Genesio
Francesco Primo Vaccari
Franco Miglietta
Daniele Fabbri
Abstract
The effect of biochar addition on the levels of black carbon (BC) and polcyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in a vineyard soil in central Italy was investigated within a two year period. Hydropyrolysis (HyPy) was used to determine the contents of BC (BCHyPy) in the amended and control soils while the hydrocarbon composition of the semi-labile (non-BCHyPy) fraction released by HyPy was determined by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, together with the solvent-extractable PAHs. The concentrations of these three polycyclic aromatic carbon reservoirs, changed and impacted differently on the soil organic carbon over the period of the trial. The addition of biochar (33 ton dry biochar ha-1) gave rise to a sharp increase in soil organic carbon which could be accounted for by an increase of BCHyPy. Over time, the concentration of BCHyPy decreased significantly from 36 to 23 mg g-1, and as a carbon percentage from 79% to 61%. No clear time trends were observed for the non-BCHyPy PAHs varying from 39 to 34 µg g-1 in treated soils, not significantly different from control soils. However, the concentrations of extractable PAHs increased markedly in the amended soils, and decreased with time from 153 to 78 ng g-1 remaining always higher than those in untreated soil. The extent of the BCHyPy loss was more compatible with physical rather than chemical processes.
Citation
Rombolà, A. G., Meredith, W., Baronti, S., Snape, C. E., Genesio, L., Vaccari, F. P., Miglietta, F., & Fabbri, D. (2015). Fate of soil organic carbon and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in a vineyard soil treated with biochar. Environmental Science and Technology, 49(18), https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b02562
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Aug 11, 2015 |
Deposit Date | Feb 24, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | Feb 24, 2016 |
Journal | Environmental Science & Technology |
Print ISSN | 0013-936X |
Electronic ISSN | 1520-5851 |
Publisher | American Chemical Society |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 49 |
Issue | 18 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b02562 |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/759155 |
Publisher URL | http://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.5b02562 |
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