Chemical behaviours of Arsenium, Chromium, Mercury, Lead, and Strontium in aqueous system

Abstract

Over the decades, the application of heavy metals and the expansion of civilization resulted in severe pollutions in aqueous solutions. The poor degradation of toxic heavy metal contaminants in hydrosphere undoubtedly posed a huge threat to environmental safety and biological health. In this review, as most common heavy metal pollutants, arsenium (As), chromium (Cr), mercury (Hg), lead (Pb), and strontium (Sr) were introduced in detail. The chemical behaviours, chemical status, biological toxicity, and migration of mentioned contaminants were summarized. This work highlighted and reviewed the basic information of five heavy metal pollutants, which provided a new direction of toxic heavy metal ion remediation.