The Influence of Different Land Uses on Tungstate Sorption in Soils of the Same Geographic Area
2025
Gianniantonio Petruzzelli | Francesca Pedron
The growing use of tungsten (W) in industrial applications has made it a critical element in modern production processes. This increasing demand is also contributing to the element&rsquo:s wider dispersion in the environment, including in soil. In addition to mining areas, it is necessary to evaluate the possible environmental effects of tungsten even in non-contaminated areas. The mobility and bioavailability of W in soil are essentially determined by the sorption processes that regulate its distribution between the liquid and solid phases of the soil. In this study, the effect of different land uses&mdash:natural, agricultural, and urban&mdash:on the sorption of W in soils of the same geographical area was addressed. The results showed that the maximum sorption can be found in natural soils, with a value of 528 mg/kg, while for agricultural and urban soils, the mean values are 486 and 392 mg/kg, respectively. Anthropic interventions seem to reduce this capacity in agricultural soils by about 8%, probably due to agronomic practices, and by even more, 26%, in urban soils, where the use of different materials can modify the original characteristics of the soils. These results show that variations in some of the main characteristics of soils, such as pH and organic matter content, also derived from different land uses, influence the sorptive properties of the soils.
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