PMID- 37413802 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20230725 IS - 1873-3336 (Electronic) IS - 0304-3894 (Linking) VI - 458 DP - 2023 Sep 15 TI - Mechanochemical remediation of lindane-contaminated soils assisted by CaO: Performance, mechanism and overall assessment. PG - 131985 LID - S0304-3894(23)01268-2 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131985 [doi] AB - Soil contamination caused by persistent organic pollutants (POPs) has been a worldwide concern for decades. With lindane-contaminated soil as the target, a mechanochemical method assisted by CaO was comprehensively evaluated in terms of its remediation performance, degradation mechanism and overall assessment. The mechanochemical degradation performance of lindane in cinnamon soil or kaolin was determined under different additives, lindane concentrations and milling conditions. 2,2-Diphenyl-1-(2,4,6-trinitrophenyl) hydrazinyl free radical (DPPH(*)) and electron spin resonance (ESR) tests evidenced that the degradation of lindane in soil was caused mainly by the mechanical activation of CaO to produce free electrons (e(-)) and the alkalinity of the generated Ca(OH)(2). Dehydrochlorination or dechlorination by elimination, alkaline hydrolysis, hydrogenolysis and the subsequent carbonization were the main degradation pathways of lindane in soil. The main final products included monochlorobenzene, carbon substances and methane. The mechanochemical method with CaO was proved to also efficiently degrade lindane in three other soils and other hexachlorocyclohexane isomers and POPs in soil. The soil properties and soil toxicity after remediation were assessed. This work presents a relatively clear discussion of various aspects of the mechanochemical remediation of lindane-contaminated soil assisted by CaO. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Zhang, Zhenguo AU - Zhang Z AD - State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China. FAU - Zhou, Zhou AU - Zhou Z AD - State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; North China Power Engineering CO., Ltd of China Power Engineering Group, Beijing 100120, China. FAU - Liu, Xitao AU - Liu X AD - State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China. Electronic address: liuxt@bnu.edu.cn. FAU - Zhang, Hui AU - Zhang H AD - State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China. FAU - Xu, Hengpu AU - Xu H AD - State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China. FAU - Lin, Chunye AU - Lin C AD - State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China. FAU - He, Mengchang AU - He M AD - State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China. FAU - Ouyang, Wei AU - Ouyang W AD - State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230701 PL - Netherlands TA - J Hazard Mater JT - Journal of hazardous materials JID - 9422688 SB - IM OTO - NOTNLM OT - Ball milling OT - Hexachlorocyclohexane OT - POPs OT - Soil remediation OT - Soil toxicity COIS- Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2023/07/07 01:05 MHDA- 2023/07/07 01:06 CRDT- 2023/07/06 18:04 PHST- 2023/04/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/06/14 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/06/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/07/07 01:06 [medline] PHST- 2023/07/07 01:05 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/07/06 18:04 [entrez] AID - S0304-3894(23)01268-2 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131985 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Hazard Mater. 2023 Sep 15;458:131985. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131985. Epub 2023 Jul 1.