The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
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Kramer & Amando, P.C.
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초록▼
The invention relates to recovering metals, such as nickel and cobalt, by phytomining or phytoextracting soils rich in metals wherein the desired metal is selectively accumulated in hyperaccumulator plants by adjusting the soil pH. The metals are ultimately recovered from above-ground plant tissues
The invention relates to recovering metals, such as nickel and cobalt, by phytomining or phytoextracting soils rich in metals wherein the desired metal is selectively accumulated in hyperaccumulator plants by adjusting the soil pH. The metals are ultimately recovered from above-ground plant tissues at economically acceptable levels without further contaminating the metal-containing sites. The invention also relates to metal-hyperaccumulating plants.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed is: 1. A method for selectively increasing the amount of at least one metal recovered from metal-containing soil consisting essentially of: (a) adjusting the pH of the soil from an initial pH to a raised pH of 5.6 to 7.0; and (b) cultivating at least one metal-hyperaccumulator plant
What is claimed is: 1. A method for selectively increasing the amount of at least one metal recovered from metal-containing soil consisting essentially of: (a) adjusting the pH of the soil from an initial pH to a raised pH of 5.6 to 7.0; and (b) cultivating at least one metal-hyperaccumulator plant in the soil having the raised pH under conditions sufficient to permit said at least one plant to accumulate said at least one metal from the soil in above-ground tissue, wherein the at least one metal-hyperaccumulator plant is a nickel-hyperaccumulator plant that accumulates about 1000 mg or more of nickel per 1 kg dry weight of plant tissue. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one metal is nickel. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the pH of the soil is elevated by adding to the soil at least one agent that results in an increase in the soil pH. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the at least one agent that results in an increase in the soil pH is selected from the group consisting of limestone, dolomitic limestone, lime, hydrated lime, limestone equivalents, and mixtures thereof. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one plant is an Alyssum plant. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein said Alyssum plant is selected from the group consisting of: A murale, A. pintodasilvae, A. serpyllifolium, A. malacitanum, A. lesbiacum, A. fallacinum, A. argenteum, A. bertolonii, A. tenium, A. heldreichii, A. corsicum, A. pterocarpum, A. caricum and combinations thereof. 7. A method for recovering nickel from nickel-containing soil consisting essentially of: (a) adjusting the pH of the soil from an initial pH to a raised pH of 5.6 to 7.0; (b) cultivating at least one nickel-hyperaccumulator plant in the soil having the raised pH under conditions such that at least 0.1% of the above-ground tissue of said at least one plant, on a dry weight basis, is nickel; (c) harvesting said at least one plant; and (d) recovering nickel from said harvested plant. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein in step (d), the nickel is recovered by drying and combusting the harvested plant to oxidize and vaporize organic material present. 9. The method of claim 7, wherein said at least one plant is an Alyssum plant. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein said Alyssum plant is selected from the group consisting of: A. murale, A. pintodasilvae, A. serpyllifolium, A. malacitanum, A. lesbiacum, A.fallacinum, A. argenteum, A. bertolonii, A. Teniu, A. heldreichii, A. corsicum, A. pterocarpum, A. caricum and combinations thereof. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein said Alyssum plant is selected from the group consisting of: A. corsicum G16, A. murale G69, A. murale G82 and combinations thereof. 12. The method of claim 7, wherein about 2.5% or more of the above-ground tissue of said at least one plant, on a dry weight basis, is nickel. 13. The method of claim 12, wherein about 3.0% or more of the above-ground tissue of said at least one plant, on a dry weight basis, is nickel. 14. The method of claim 13, wherein about 4.0% of the above-ground tissue of said at least one plant, on a dry weight basis, is nickel. 15. A method for decontaminating metal-containing soil, consisting essentially of cultivating at least one hyperaccumulator plant in metal-containing soil, whereby the pH of the soil is maintained between 5.6 and 7.0; whereby the concentration of metal in the above-ground plant tissue of said at least one hyperaccumulator plant exceeds the concentration of metal in said soil by a factor of at least 2; wherein the at least one metal-hyperaccumulator plant is a nickel-hyperaccumulator plant that accumulates about 1000 mg or more of nickel per 1 kg dry weight of plant tissue. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein the at least one hyperaccumulator plant exceeds the concentration of metal in said soil by a factor of 3. 17. The method of claim 16, wherein the at least one hyperaccumulator plant exceeds the concentration of metal in said soil by a factor of 4. 18. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one metal is nickel, wherein said plant further accumulates at least one other metal selected from the group consisting of cobalt, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, platinum, iridium, osmium, rhenium and mixtures thereof. 19. A method for selectively increasing the amount of at least one metal recovered from metal-containing soil consisting essentially of: (a) adjusting the pH of the soil from a first pH to a second pH of 5.6 to 7.0; and (b) cultivating at least one metal-hyperaccumulator plant in the soil having the second pH under conditions sufficient to permit said at least one plant to accumulate said at least one metal from the soil in above-ground tissue, wherein the at least one metal-hyperaccumulator plant is a nickel-hyperaccumulator plant that accumulates about 1000 mg or more of nickel per 1 kg dry weight of plant tissue. 20. A method for recovering nickel from nickel-containing soil consisting essentially of: (a) adjusting the pH of the soil from a first pH to a second pH of 5.6 to 7.0; (b) cultivating at least one nickel-hyperaccummulator plant in the soil having the second pH under conditions such that at least 0.1% of the above-ground tissue of said at least one plant, on a dry weight basis, is nickel; (c) harvesting said at least one plant; and (d) recovering nickel from said harvested plant.
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