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Assessment of Waste-Derived Biochars on the Health and Biological Activity of Soil
Published on: October 10, 2025
[Principal physicochemical properties of artificial soil composed of sewage sludge stabilized by fly ash]
Hong-Ling Zhang1, Li-Na Sun, Tie-Heng Sun
1Institute of Shenyang Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China. zhl19792002@163.com
Abstract:
The pH, nutrients and heavy metals of stabilized sewage sludge were investigated by mixing municipal sewage sludge with alkaline fly ash and mine tailing. The results indicate that water-holding capacity of artificial soil III (FA : SS = 1 : 1) and II (FA : SS = 2 : 1) treatments were significantly higher than that of CK (brown meadow soil), while that of the IV (FA : SS = 1 : 2) treatment was similar to CK; The nutrients contents (organic matter, N, P, K) of stabilized sewage sludge were up to a high fertilizer level. Moreover, with decrease of the ratio of fly ash to sewage sludge, the nutrient content of artificial soils increased. Except total Ni content of III (FA : SS = 1 : 1) treatment was high (187.67 mg x kg(-1)), Cd, Pb, Cu, Zn, and Cr for all artificial soil treatments were all significant lower than control standards for pollutants in sludges and fly ash from Agricultural use (GB 4284-84, GB 8173-87).
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