Cadmium removal from soil by fulvic acid-aided hydroxyapatite nanofluid

Mobile engineered nanoparticles have the potential for removing a variety of pollutants from contaminated soils. In this study, elution of soil cadmium (Cd) by nano hydroxyapatite (nHAP) suspension was investigated at different concentrations of fulvic acid (FA). The nHAP nanofluid (500 mg L-1) increased the elution rate of soil Cd by ∼4.34 times (from 0.64% to 2.78%) compared with nHAP-free background solution due to a ∼2 order of magnitude...