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Remediation of Heavy Metal-Polluted Agricultural Soils Using Clay Minerals: A Review

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In this paper, the application of clay minerals for the remediation of heavy metal-polluted agricultural soils is summarized, in terms of their remediation effects and mechanisms, influencing factors, and future focus.
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This article is published in Pedosphere.The article was published on 2017-04-01. It has received 228 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Environmental remediation & Soil contamination.

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Anionic contamination and its stabilization on the strength and plastic features of clay soils (vermiculite and sepiolite)

TL;DR: In this article, fine-grained soils containing clay minerals in most of the structures due to the specific surface area, ion exchange capacity and high adsorption capacity of hazardous contaminants have a...
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Preparation of Fe2O3-coated vermiculite composite by hydrophobic agglomeration and its application in As/Cd co-contaminated soil.

TL;DR: This research shows that Fe-V could play a good role in the passivation of As/Cd in different pollution levels of soils.
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Molecular simulation in surface hydration of clay minerals: a review of theory and applications

TL;DR: In this paper , the basic theory of density functional theory (DFT) and molecular dynamics (MD) have been used to study the surface hydration of clay mineral particles, which provides new insight into the interaction between the crystal structures of clay minerals and the interfacial interaction in surface hydrated particles at the molecular or atomic levels.
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Characteristics of Heavy Metal Migration In Farmland

TL;DR: Li et al. as discussed by the authors used farmland soil samples from Xiba Town in the Wutongqiao district to determine the differences in leaching characteristics between column leaching and natural leaching tests.
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Phytoremediation of heavy metals—Concepts and applications

TL;DR: This review article comprehensively discusses the background, concepts and future trends in phytoremediation of heavy metals.
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Stabilization of As, Cr, Cu, Pb and Zn in soil using amendments – A review

TL;DR: An overview of data published during the last five years on the immobilization of one metalloid, As, and four heavy metals, Cr, Cu, Pb and Zn, in soils, finds that Zn can be successfully immobilized in soil by phosphorus amendments and clays.
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Soil Contamination in China: Current Status and Mitigation Strategies

TL;DR: Comparisons with other regions of the world show that the current status of soil contamination, based on the total contaminant concentrations, is not worse in China, however, the concentrations of some heavy metals in Chinese soils appear to be increasing at much greater rates.
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Adsorption of a few heavy metals on natural and modified kaolinite and montmorillonite: a review.

TL;DR: The feasibility of using two important and common clay minerals, kaolinite and montmorillonite, as adsorbents for removal of toxic heavy metals has been reviewed.
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