What is the molar concentration to use to remediate lead contaminated soil (lab scale)?

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Yunus Shukor

Abigail Abenu I would start with this article

Article Characteristics and Risk Assessment of Soil Polluted by Lead...

Ned Murphy

I suggest you decide the concentration after you research known contamination sites and the lead compounds found there in soil and or groundwater. After that evaluate your proposed remediation method.

Lab scale evaluations are difficult because of the scale relative to the onsite conditions and permeability along with surface area to volume constraints can be misleading. Severely misleading.

Lead remediation remains important although it is not one of the fashionable trendy topics. Therefore, having improved methods is of great value. Please update us with your progress.