Xiao Chen

TL;DR: Investigating changes in the contents of soluble protein and photosynthetic pigments as well as the activity of antioxidant enzymes caused by copper sulfate and cadmium dichloride during concentration-dependent exposure to metal salt demonstrated that exposure to high concentration heavy metals could result the disintegration of antioxidant system in duckweed.

TL;DR: In this article, two kinds of electric arc furnace (EAF) steel slags, clinoptilolite, ceramsite, and expanded vermiculite, which were investigated to select favorable heavy metal adsorption materials, could adsorb three kinds of heavy metal ions (Cu2+, Cd2+, and Pb2+).

TL;DR: In this article, the adsorption kinetics and thermodynamic characteristics of heavy metal ions were investigated on the electric are furnace (EAF) slag from Baoshan Steel Factory.

TL;DR: Phosphorus adsorption could further improve the heavy metal ion adsorptions of the EAF steel slag.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of environmental conditions on phosphorus (P) distribution were investigated in constructed duckweed microcosms by means of 32P isotope labelling; 32P activities in micro-cosms were monitored to determine P distribution activities, which indicated that high phosphate, low ammonium concentrations, moderate pH values, and higher environmental temperatures promoted duckweed growth and favored mobile P release from sediments.