New insights into the interaction between heavy metals and struvite: Struvite as platform for heterogeneous nucleation of heavy metal hydroxide

During the struvite (MgNH4PO4·6H2O) recovery from agricultural or industrial wastewater, the extensive existence of heavy metals would pose great threats to the planting and environment. This work revealed the association of kinds of heavy metals, as possible substances in the wastewater, with the struvite. The struvite has been synthesized in situ and employed to contact with both high and low concentration heavy metal (including Cu, Ni, Pb,...