Prevention of heavy metal contamination of lead-zinc tailings through soybean urease-based biomineralization
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1.1aZijin School of Geology and Mining, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, P. R. China;2.1bCollege of Civil Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, P. R. China;3.College of Civil Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, P. R. China;4.School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Hubei University of Arts and Science, Xiangyang 441053, Hubei, P. R. China;5.Quanzhou Huatai Construction Engineering Co., LTD., Quanzhou 362000, Fujian, P. R. China;6.hina Railway 18th Bureau Group Co., LTD., Tianjin 300222;7.Fujian Sanming Yihong Construction Engineering Co., LTD., Sanming 365400, Fujian, P. R. China

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X753

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National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 42477160, 52178319, 52108307, 51708243); Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province, China (Nos. 2022J05020, 2022J05127)

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    Heavy metal contamination is one of the most prominent environmental issues worldwide, and heavy metal tailings are one of the main sources of such contamination. Biomineralization based on enzyme-induced carbonate precipitation (EICP), as a promising technique for the remediation of heavy metals, has many advantages such as high efficiency, greenness and environmental friendliness. In this study, soybean urease solution self-extracted from soybean powder was used to treat lead-zinc tailings. Heavy metal tolerance test, contaminated solution remediation test and lead-zinc tailings biomineralization test, as well as ICP, XRD and SEM-EDS analyses, were conducted to study the prevention of heavy metal contamination of lead-zinc tailings through soybean urease-based biomineralization. The test results showed that both Pb2+ and Zn2+ reduced the activity of soybean urease, and the effect of Pb2+ on urease activity was time-dependent, whereas the effect of Zn2+ was immediate. Soybean urease could effectively remove more than 99% of Pb2+ and Zn2+ in solution by forming protein complexes and inducing calcium carbonate precipitation. Meanwhile, the calcium carbonate precipitated by the soybean urease could encapsulate the tailings, reducing the amount of heavy metals leached by 70%.

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赖汉江,裴嘉龙,崔明娟,谢明星,徐望清,施伟韬,张耀星,麻岩,郭川伟.豆酶基生物矿化技术防治铅锌尾矿重金属污染的效果[J].土木与环境工程学报(中英文),2026,48(3):58~66

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  • Received:October 10,2024
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