[Influence of Sludge Retention Time on the Performance and Stability of Mesophilic Anaerobic Co-digestion of Food Waste with Waste Activated Sludge].

Two parallel digestion systems of food waste (FW) and waste-activated sludge (WAS) were successfully initiated using a continuous stirred-tank reactor (CSTR), and the effect of different reduction extents of sludge retention time (SRT) on the co-digestion of FW and WAS was investigated. SRT Reduction extents longer than 8.3 d were not conducive to the stable operation of the co-digestion system when the organic load rate (OLR) was increased. The reduction extent of SRT should be reduced gradually from 5 d to 0.9 d to achieve high load and stable operation of the co-digestion of FW and WAS. After a long-term operation (approximately 282 d), the co-digestion reached stable operation at SRT of 9.1 d and OLR (calculated by COD) of (12.9±1.5) g·(L·d)-1. The corresponding methane production, methane yield (calculated by COD), pH, and volatile fatty acid (VFA, calculated by COD) were 3.94-4.25 L·(L·d)-1, 288-302 mL·g-1, 7.80-7.83, and 0.32-0.39 g·L-1, respectively. Additionly, the sludge characteristics of the co-digestion of FW and WAS under a high loading rate were also investigated. The results showed that the primary pathway of methane conversion was through acetic acid during the co-digestion of FW and WAS. Meanwhile, higher methanogenic activity of acetic acid, propionic acid, butyric acid, valeric acid, and coenzyme F420 concentration were also measured.

[Heavy metals pollution and analysis of seasonal variation runoff in Xi'an].

In order to explore heavy metals pollution situation,changes in characteristics, the correlation between each heavy mental and pollution source analysis of Xi'an various regions in different season in one year. This study collected several samples of Xi'an rainfall typical urban trunk roads throughout the year in 2013 and used inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) to determine the level of Fe, Mn, Pb, Zn, Al, Cd of the samples, then, analyzed the seasonal change of heavy mental. Studies have shown that: the heavy metal of Xi'an road runoff pollutes seriously, the concentration of Fe over three times of the national standard and maintain the higher levels throughout the year, meanwhile the concentration with the intensity of human activities increases. The concentration of Mn and Zn in one year show a trends: winter > autumn > summer> spring. Pb concentration increases with the increase in traffic volume, while showing: winter > spring > summer > autumn. Factor analysis shows: Fe and Al was affected by the same sources-natural sources; Zn, Cd affected by anthropogenic sources of large; Mn, Pb affected by the larger traffic sources.

[High-precision in situ analysis of the lead isotopic composition in copper using femtosecond laser ablation MC-ICP-MS and the application in ancient coins].

In the present study we set up a femtosecond laser ablation MC-ICP-MS method for lead isotopic analysis. Pb isotopic composition of fifteen copper (brass, bronze) standard samples from the National Institute of Standards Material were analyzed using the solution method (MC-ICP-MS) and laser method (fLA-MC-ICPMS) respectively, the results showed that the Pb isotopic composition in CuPb12 (GBW02137) is very homogeneous, and can be used as external reference material for Pb isotopic in situ analysis. On CuPb12 112 fLA-MC-ICPMS Pb isotope analysis, the weighted average values of the Pb isotopic ratio are in good agreement with the results analyzed by bulk solution method within 2sigma error, the internal precision RSEs of the 208 Pb/204 Pb ratio and 207 Pb/206 Pb ratio are less than 90 and 40 ppm respectively, and the external precision RSDs of them are less than 60 and 30 ppm respectively. Pb isotope of thirteen ancient bronze coins was analyzed via fLA-MC-ICPMS, the results showed that the Pb isotopic composition of ancient coins of different dynasties is significantly different, and not all the Pb isotopic compositions in the coins even from the same dynasty are in agreement with each other.

[Progress in combination of gel electrophoresis and laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry for trace elements determination in proteins].

Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) has become a very efficient and sensitive trace, ultratrace, and surface analytical technique for the in situ study of the concentration and distribution of the elements in life sciences with high spatial resolution. It is being used more and more frequently in biological, medical materials and protein research, which will lead to a better understanding of physiology and pathology process in cells and tissues. The present review mainly introduces the strategies of combination of gel electrophoresis (GE) with LA-ICP-MS for the quantification of trace elements in proteins, including the proteins separation, elements detection and calibration methods. The paper emphasizes the basic conditions of the proteins separation, focusing on the stability of proteins during GE and the treatment methods of staining and drying of the gel to enable successful detection of the elements by LA-ICP-MS. In addition, the application of GE-LA-ICP-MS in phosphoproteins, selenoproteins and metal-binding proteins is introduced in detail. The prospects and challenge for this technique are discussed as well for further study.

[Effect of physico-chemical characteristics of activated carbon on the adsorption of organic pollutants in natural water].

In this paper, the adsorption characteristics of two synthetic organic compounds (SOCs), i. e., methyl parathion(MP) and trichloroethylene (TCE), and natural organic matter (NOM) on powdered activated carbons (PAC) in natural water were studied. On the basis of fully characterizing the physical and chemical characteristics of PAC, the effect of physical and chemical properties of PAC on the adsorption of low molecular weight SOCs in natural water was studied by correlation analysis. The effect of molecular weight fractionation on the adsorption of NOM on PAC was investigated using high performance size exclusion chromatography (HPSEC). It was found that, compared to the surface chemistry, the physical property (pore properties) of PAC was the critical factor to determine its adsorption capacity of MP and TCE in natural water. The adsorption of the low molecular weight SOC and NOM with apparent molecular weight (AMW) < 500 on PAC was primarily impacted by the micropore surface area, and that of NOM with 500 < AMW < 3 000 was affected by the mesopore surface area combined with the mesopore size distribution.

[Determination of Sb and Bi in 24 international geological reference materials by using pressurized acid digestion-ICP-MS].

The authors studied in detail the memory effect of Bi, Sb, As and Te in ICP-MS. The produced memory effects of these element were in the order of Bi>Sb>Te>As. Bi was seriously adsorbed by the polypropylene sample storing bottle and the sample introduction system in the low nitric acid medium (0.01%-1% HNO3). The washout effect of 0.1% HF was found to be better than those of 6% HNO3 and 0.1% HClO4. Under the given experiment conditions, the instrumental limit of detection was 0.001 and 0.0001 ng x mL(-1) for Sb and Bi, respectively. The authors report the determination of Sb and Bi in 24 international geological reference materials by using pressurized acid digestion-ICP-MS (including AGV-2, BHVO-2, BCR-2, etc.). Most of the results were found to be in reasonable agreement with the reported values in the literature. The authors' determined values of Sb for GSR-1 (granite; 0.30 microg x g(-1)) and JP-1 (peridotite; 0.045 microg x g(-1)) are obviously higher than those reported values. This is attributed to the efficient pressurized acid digestion, which is generally much more efficient than conventional wet digestions for insoluble minerals.