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Carbonate chemistry parameters calculated from measured pH, total alkalinity, salinity and temperature in the alkalization mesocosms of a chronic Ostrea edulis alkalinity-enhancement exposure experiment

This dataset contains calculated carbonate chemistry parameters, including the concentrations of dissolved CO2, HCO3-, CO32- and dissolved inorganic carbon, the fugacity and partial pressure of CO2 and the saturation states of aragonite (Ωarag) and calcite (Ωcalc), for the alkalization mesocosms. Values were calculated from pH, total alkalinity, salinity and temperature measured between 17 April and 19 June 2024, using the seacarb package (Orr et al., 2018) in R (V. 4.3.2). Measured pH values, which refer to the NBS scale, were first converted to the total scale using the total proton activity coefficient fH of Takahashi et al. (1982), lowering pH by 0.12 to 0.13 units across the measured salinity and temperature range. Calculations used the carbonic acid dissociation constants of Lueker et al. (2000), the bisulfate dissociation constant of Dickson (1990), the hydrogen fluoride constant of Perez & Fraga (1987), total boron after Uppström (1974) and the aragonite and calcite solubility products of Mucci (1983), all evaluated at in situ temperature and salinity. The conversion from the NBS to the total scale carries a residual uncertainty of about 0.01 to 0.02 pH units, because the liquid junction potential between the dilute calibration buffers and seawater is not fully captured by fH. This propagates to an uncertainty of roughly 5 to 15 % in calculated pCO2 and a correspondingly smaller uncertainty in the saturation states.

Carbonate chemistry parameters calculated from measured pH, total alkalinity, salinity and temperature in the exposure mesocosms of a chronic Ostrea edulis alkalinity-enhancement exposure experiment

This dataset contains calculated carbonate chemistry parameters, including the concentrations of dissolved CO2, HCO3-, CO32- and dissolved inorganic carbon, the fugacity and partial pressure of CO2 and the saturation states of aragonite (Ωarag) and calcite (Ωcalc), for the exposure mesocosms. Values were calculated from pH, total alkalinity, salinity and temperature measured between 8 May and 10 July 2024, using the seacarb package (Orr et al., 2018) in R (V. 4.3.2). Measured pH values, which refer to the NBS scale, were first converted to the total scale using the total proton activity coefficient fH of Takahashi et al. (1982), lowering pH by 0.12 to 0.13 units across the measured salinity and temperature range. Calculations used the carbonic acid dissociation constants of Lueker et al. (2000), the bisulfate dissociation constant of Dickson (1990), the hydrogen fluoride constant of Perez & Fraga (1987), total boron after Uppström (1974) and the aragonite and calcite solubility products of Mucci (1983), all evaluated at in situ temperature and salinity. The conversion from the NBS to the total scale carries a residual uncertainty of about 0.01 to 0.02 pH units, because the liquid junction potential between the dilute calibration buffers and seawater is not fully captured by fH. This propagates to an uncertainty of roughly 5 to 15 % in calculated pCO2 and a correspondingly smaller uncertainty in the saturation states.

Rückstandsgehalte und Verteilung von subtherapeutischen Antibiotika in Feedlot-Böden

Feedlots sind v.a. in Nordamerika verbreitete Tierproduktionsbetriebe mit intensivster Freilandhaltung. Es wird vermutet, dass Feedlots Brennpunkte einer Umweltbelastung mit pharmazeutischen Antibiotika sind, da große Tierbestände gehalten werden, die regelmäßig Antibiotika erhalten. Es wurden Bodenproben von einer Grasland-Kontrolle sowie Boden- und Tierdung-Proben von Bodenprofilen eines gewerblichen und eines experimentellen Feedlots entnommen und analysiert. Rückstände der üblicherweise verwendeten Antibiotika Sulfamethazin, Chlortetracyclin und Tylosin wurden mit unterschiedlichen Konzentrationen in Dung, Boden und Wasser gefunden. Die Ergebnisse weisen auf eine nicht unerhebliche Persistenz, Tiefenverlagerung und insbesondere Oberflächenabfluss der Antibiotika Sulfamethazin und Chlortetracyclin hin.

Release of hexavalent chromium from ore processing residues and the potential of biochar for chromium immobilization in polluted soils

Chromium (Cr) is introduced into the environment by several anthropogenic activities. A striking ex-ample is the area around Kanpur in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, where large amounts of Cr-containing wastes have been recently illegally deposited. Hexavalent Cr, a highly toxic and mobile contaminant, is present in significant amounts in these wastes, severely affecting the quality of sur-roundings soils, sediments, and ground waters. The first major goal of this study is to clarify the solid phase speciation of Cr in these wastes and to examine its leaching behavior. X-ray diffraction and synchrotron-based X-ray absorption spectroscopy techniques will be employed for quantitative solid phase speciation of Cr. Its leaching behavior will be studied in column experiments performed at un-saturated moisture conditions with flow interruptions simulating monsoon rain events. Combined with geochemical modeling, the results will allow the evaluation of the leaching potential and release kinetics of Cr from the waste materials. The second major goal is to investigate the spatial distribution, speciation, and solubility of Cr in the rooting zone of chromate-contaminated soils surrounding the landfills, and to study the suitability of biochar as novel soil amendment for mitigating the deleterious effects of chromate pollution. Detailed field samplings and laboratory soil incubation studies will be carried out with two agricultural soils and biochar from the Kanpur region.

Electron diffraction patterns and HR-EBSD data from laboratory deformed olivine aggregates

This dataset is supplemental to the paper Wiesman et al. (submitted) and contains data on the density of dislocations and their stress fields in olivine rocks deformed via laboratory experiments. The data were used to investigate how the quality of diffraction patterns obtained via electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) affect the stress maps and geometrically necessary dislocation (GND) maps obtained via analysis with high-angular resolution electron backscatter diffraction (HR-EBSD). These results can be used to optimize the patterns collected during EBSD to reduce noise in the HR-EBSD analysis. Data are provided in a zip folder and include: • Measurements of lattice orientation via EBSD: six raw .ctf files and six processed .ctf files of regions mapped with HR-EBSD • Examples of electron backscatter diffraction patterns used to calculate radial power spectra: 12 .tiff files of diffraction patterns • Densities of geometrically necessary dislocations from the HR-EBSD analysis: six .txt files of processed data • Residual stress heterogeneity also determined from HR-EBSD analysis: six .txt files of processed data Data types and the number of frames averaged are also indicated in the file names. Files are organized into folders by the number of frames averaged. A full description is available in the data description file.

Entwicklung eines Schnellauslaugungsverfahrens zur Beurteilung von industriellen Nebenprodukten und Recycling-Baustoffen für den Einsatz im Straßenbau

Das Auslaugverfahren nach DEV S4 soll durch ein Schnellauslaugverfahren ergänzt werden, mit dem industrielle Nebenprodukte und RC-Baustoffe in ca. 30 Minuten in vergleichbarer Weise eluiert werden können wie nach dem Normverfahren. Das Verfahren soll so weit optimiert werden, dass es zur Eingangskontrolle bei der Anlieferung von Baustoffen zugelassen werden kann. Es sollen verschiedene Ultraschallsysteme erprobt und die Randbedingungen des Verfahrens so variiert werden, dass die Ergebnisse weitgehend denen aus dem modifizierten S4-Verfahren gleichen. Das Verfahren wird an auseinandergesiebten und nach vorgegebener Sieblinie zusammengesetzten Rückstellproben sowie an weiteren praxisrelevanten Baustoffen erprobt. Durch Vergleich mit laufenden praxisgerechten Feldversuchen an RC-Baustoffen können die für Routineanalysen wichtigen Parameter ermittelt werden. Eine Schnelluntersuchung einschließlich der Analyseverfahren soll modellhaft vorgeschlagen werden.

Abbau von chemischen Pflanzenschutzmitteln in pflanzlichen Zellkulturen

Erstellung zuverlaessiger Schnelltests zur Erfassung gebundener Rueckstaende in Nahrungsmittel (pflanzliche Erzeugung).

Quantification of small-scale physicochemical properties of intact macropore surfaces in structured soils

In structured soils, the interaction of percolating water and reactive solutes with the soil matrix is mostly restricted to the surfaces of preferential flow paths. Flow paths, i.e., macropores, are formed by worm burrows, decayed root channels, cracks, and inter-aggregate spaces. While biopores are covered by earthworm casts and mucilage or by root residues, aggregates and cracks are often coated by soil organic matter (SOM), oxides, and clay minerals especially in the clay illuviation horizons of Luvisols. The SOM as well as the clay mineral composition and concentration strongly determine the wettability and sorption capacity of the coatings and thus control water and solute movement as well as the mass exchange between the preferential flow paths and the soil matrix. The objective of this proposal is the quantitative description of the small-scale distribution of physicochemical properties of intact structural surfaces and flow path surfaces and of their distribution in the soil volume. Samples of Bt horizons of Luvisols from Loess will be compared with those from glacial till. At intact structural surfaces prepared from soil clods, the spatial distribution (mm-scale) of SOM and clay mineral composition will be characterized with DRIFT (Diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform) spectroscopy using a self-developed mapping technique. For samples manually separated from coated surfaces and biopore walls, the contents of organic carbon (Corg) and the cation exchange capacity (CEC) will be analyzed and related to the intensities of specific signals in DRIFT spectra using Partial Least Square Regression (PLSR) analysis. The signal intensities of the DRIFT mapping spectra will be used to quantify the spatial distribution of Corg and CEC at these structural surfaces. The DRIFT mapping data will also be used for qualitatively characterizing the small scale distribution of the recalcitrance, humification, and microbial activity of the SOM from structural surfaces. The clay mineral composition of defined surface regions will be characterized by combining DRIFT spectroscopic with X-ray diffractometric analysis of manually separated samples. Subsequently, the spatial distribution of the clay mineral composition at structural surfaces will be determined from the intensities of clay mineral-specific signals in the DRIFT mapping spectra and exemplarily compared to scanning electron microscopic and infrared microscopic analysis of thin sections and thin polished micro-sections. The three-dimensional spatial distribution of the total structural surfaces in the volume of the Bt horizons will be quantified using X-ray computed tomography (CT) analysis of soil cores. The active preferential flow paths will be visualized and quantified by field tracer experiments. These CT and tracer data will be used to transfer the properties of the structural surfaces characterized by DRIFT mapping onto the active preferential flow paths in the Bt horizons.

Adaption und Standardisierung eines empfindlichen und einfach durchzufuehrenden Verfahrens (Daphnientest DIN 38 412) zum Nachweis von toxischen Rueckstaenden in landwirtschaftlicher Produktion

Alle Produkte, die mit den modifizierten Daphnientest ueberprueft werden sollen, muessen vorher auf etwaige daphnientoxische Inhaltsstoffe getestet werden. Weiters sollen 30-50 der am Markt gaengigen Insektizide nach DIN 38 412 in Bezug auf ihre Daphnientoxizitaet untersucht werden. Aus diesen Ergebnissen koennen als 'Nebeneffekt' Richtlinien fuer den Einsatz von Insektiziden in Gewaessernaehe erarbeitet werden. Versuchspflanzen sollen sowohl unter Glashausbdingungen als auch unter Freilandbedingungen laut Herstellervorschrift mit den vorher getesteten Insektiziden behandelt werden. Aufbauend auf den Ergebnissen der oben beschriebenen Vorversuche werden beginnend nach 5-7 Tagen jeden zweiten Tag behandelte Pflanzenteile auf Daphnientoxizitaet ueberprueft. Vorversuche mit einigen Insektiziden haben gezeigt, dass aufgebrachte Spritzmittel problemlos wieder in Loesung gebracht werden koennen und in geringen Spuren daphnientoxische Wirkung aufweisen. Weiters sollen verschiedene 'Verstaerkereffekte' getestet werden, um nach der Behandlung moeglichst lange Rueckstaende nachweisen zu koennen. Nach Ende der praktischen Versuche sollen praxisgerechte Richtlinien zur Durchfuehrung dieses Verfahren ausgearbeitet werden.

Hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) removal by reduction-coagulation-filtration (RCF) combined with deacidification in drinking water treatment

Excess dissolved carbon dioxide (CO2) is frequently encountered in natural groundwaters, originating from both geochemical and biological processes. In the investigated case, contamination of groundwater with toxic hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) occurred due to anthropogenic activities. The co-occurrence of CO2 and Cr(VI) posed a distinct challenge for water treatment, as multiple process steps need to be tailored to remove both substances at the same time. This study investigates an integrated treatment approach specifically developed for groundwater containing elevated levels of both Cr(VI) and CO2. The process combines reduction coagulation filtration (RCF) with ferrous iron (Fe(II)) dosage with limestone filtration for concurrent Cr(VI) removal and water deacidification. A pilot plant with two parallel filters—one filled with dense limestone and the other with porous limestone—was operated under varying Fe(II) dosages (Fe(II), 0.3–1.0 mg/L) and filtration velocities (4.4–15.5 m/h). Results demonstrate that the RCF process achieved efficient Cr(VI) removal at moderate Fe(II) concentrations (<1.0 mg/L), with no breakthrough or reoxidation observed. Limestone filtration efficiently increased pH, calcium concentration, and buffer capacity, thereby decarbonating the water. Porous limestone showed higher reactivity than the dense limestone commonly used. Analysis of backwash sludge confirmed stable chromium retention and low residual metal concentrations in the supernatant. These findings confirm that the integrated RCF–limestone process provides an effective and cost-efficient solution for treating groundwater impacted by anthropogenic Cr(VI) and naturally elevated CO2 concentration. © 2026 The Authors.

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