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Effects of nFe3O4 capping on phosphorus release from sediments in a eutrophic lake

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This study applied the techniques of high-resolution dialysis (HR-Peeper) and diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) to explore the effects and the behind mechanism for inhibition phosphorus (P) releasing from sediments by nFe3O4 capping. The highest decreasing rates of SRP and labile P (i.e., 49% and 47%, respectively) and the decreased flux of SRP showed that nFe3O4 capping can successfully control sediment internal P release. Adsorption by Fe(III) hydroxides with the oxidation of Fe(II) was one of the reasons for the decrease of P concentrations in nFe3O4 capping sediments. This was supported by the increase of Eh and significant negative correlation between Eh with Fe(II) (soluble and labile Fe(II)) and P (SRP and labile P) and significant positive correlation between Fe(II) and P in sediments by nFe3O4 capping. An outer-sphere complex between positively charged nFe3O4 surface groups and P formation was the other reason to decrease the concentrations of P in the nFe3O4 capping sediments. This was supported by the decrease of pH value in sediments by the capping of nFe3O4. This study shows that nFe3O4, when used as capping agent, can effectively control the sediment internal P release, which is expected to be used as a potential material for repairing lake eutrophication.

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China National Key Project for Science and Technology in the project on “High Efficient Water Saving and Non-Point Source Pollution Prevention and Control in the Area of ‘One lake, Two seas’ of Inner Mongolia of China” (No. 2019YFC0409203) provides all the funds for this research.

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    Xiang Chen, Ling Liu, Xiaolei Xing, Qi Li, Liangzhen Zhu & Xiangyu He

  2. State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China

    Xiang Chen, Wenming Yan & Minjuan Li

  3. State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China

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Xiang Chen: software, investigation, data curation, writing-original draft. Ling Liu: funding acquisition, conceptualization, methodology, formal analysis, writing-original draft, writing-review, resources. Wenming Yan Minjuan Li, Xiaolei Xing, Qi Li, Liangzhen Zhu, Tingfeng Wu, Xiangyu He: writing review and editing, project administration, supervision.

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Chen, X., Liu, L., Yan, W. et al. Effects of nFe3O4 capping on phosphorus release from sediments in a eutrophic lake. Environ Sci Pollut Res 28, 47056–47065 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-14010-5

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