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Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering >> 2007, Volume 1, Issue 1 doi: 10.1007/s11783-007-0022-4

Effects of environmental factors on the production and release of matrix-bound phosphine from lake sediments

1.State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China; 2.South China University of Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou 510641, China;

Available online: 2007-03-05

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Abstract

Effects of pH, temperature, and oxygen on the production and release of phosphine in eutrophic lake sediments were investigated under laboratory tests. Results indicated that the elimination of matrix-bound phosphine was accelerated under initial pH 1 or 12. Phosphine levels could reach maximum under initial pH 10. The contents of phosphine increased with the addition of alkali under pH 4 12. The rates of phosphine production and release from lake sediments varied with temperature. 20?C was the most favorable temperature for the production of matrix-bound phosphine. Oxygen showed little effect on matrix-bound phosphine. Matrix-bound phosphine concentrations in lake sediments were concluded to be dependent on a balance of natural generation and depletion processes.

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