supported by the Central Public Research Institutes Basic Funds for Research and Development, China (No. 2016-szjj-wrxf-lxf);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41401362);the Funds for Science and Technology Innovation Project from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (No. CAAS-XTCX-2016018)
Heavy metal contamination of agricultural soils poses risks and hazards to humans. The remediation of heavy metal-polluted soils has become a hot topic in environmental science and engineering. In this review, the app...
Supported by the Isfahan University of Technology, Iran;the Technical University of Cartagena, Spain
Limited information is available on the distribution and origin of palygorkite in soils developed on Tertiary sediments as the major soil parent materials in central Iran and other Middle Eastern countries. The object...
Weathering of clay minerals is a source of nutrients to plants. Palygorskite is a Mg-rich fibrous clay mineral that commonly occurs in the soils and sediments of arid regions. Although many studies have examined the e...
1 Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 40472026 and 40072017).
A single-factor experiment of copper ion adsorption on pure palygorskite was carried out to understand the Cu2+ sorption of palygorskite—an important clay mineral in soil and sedimentary rock. In addition, pH of the ...