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oa Ecological Consequences of Environmental Pollution with Heavy Metals as a Result of the War in Ukraine
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, 17th International Conference Monitoring of Geological Processes and Ecological Condition of the Environment, Nov 2023, Volume 2023, p.1 - 5
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the main xenobiotics that can be included in ammunition and military explosives, indicating their main uses and applications in the armed forces, their probability of getting into the environment, the most common toxic consequences for human health and the environment, as well as possibility of recovery Heavy metals that have entered the ecosystem can form poorly soluble hydroxides. In addition, in the soil solution there is a possibility of the formation of hydroxocomplexes of heavy metals with an unequal number of hydroxide ions. The range of precipitation of hydroxide compounds and the area of predominance of soluble forms of hydroxocomplexes were investigated using the construction of logarithmic concentration diagram. In the acidic soil environment, the solution contains ions Mez+ or particles of the type [Me (OZ)(z-1)+], in the alkaline region - [Me(OZ)nz-n]. In acidic soils (4,5 <pH <5,8) most metals, except, Fe(II) are in soluble form and easily migrate and accumulate in plants. An increase in pH values promotes fixation Cd, Co, Mg, Fe(II), Fe(III), Mn, Ni, Hg.
