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Evaluation of Soil Contamination by Copper Depleted from ACQ-Treated Wood

ACQ 방부처리목재로부터 용탈된 구리에 의한 토양오염 평가

  • Ra, Jong-Bum (Department of Interior Materials Engineering, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology)
  • 나종범 (경남과학기술대학교 건설환경공과대학 인테리어재료공학과)
  • Received : 2015.04.15
  • Accepted : 2015.05.15
  • Published : 2015.07.25

Abstract

This research was performed to evaluate soil contamination caused by copper depleted from ACQ-treated wood. Three years after the exposure of ACQ-treated wood in the field test sites, soil samples around the treated wood were collected and analyzed for the copper amount and distribution through soil. Soils around the deck posts installed in five different neighborhood parks located in Chonnam and Gyeongnam were investigated for copper contents. The results of the field test showed that the amount of copper leached from the end surface of treated wood buried under soil was more than 1.5 times the copper amount leached from the lateral surfaces, and the mobility of copper was very restricted in soil. The copper contents of soil within 10 cm from the treated deck posts installed in the parks showed to be less than 500 mg/kg, which are the limit values of the 2nd region set up by enforcement regulation of soil environment conservation act. The distribution ranges of copper in soil from the treated wood set up in the field test sites seemed to be much wider than those from deck posts, which may explained by the fact that the retentions of the treated samples used in the field test sites were much higher than those of the deck posts.

본 연구는 국내에서 사용되는 ACQ 방부처리목재로부터 토양으로 용탈된 구리에 의해 발생되는 토양오염 정도를 평가하기 위하여 수행되었다. 야외시험장에서 3년 동안 노출된 방부처리목재 주변의 토양을 분석하여 구리의 용탈량 및 용탈된 구리의 이동범위를 산정하였으며, 전남 및 경남에서 ACQ 방부처리목재가 사용된 데크 주변의 토양을 분석하여 구리에 의한 토양오염 정도를 평가하였다. 야외노출시험은 방부처리목재의 횡단면에서 용탈되는 구리의 양이 목재의 측면에서 용탈되는 구리의 양보다 1.5배 이상 높다는 것과 토양 내에서의 구리의 이동이 매우 제한적인 것을 보여주었다. 근린공원에 설치된 데크 기둥 주변의 토양 분석은 방부처리목재로부터 10 cm 이내의 토양 내 구리 함유량이 대부분 2지역 토양오염우려기준인 500 mg/kg을 초과하지 않았다는 것을 보여주었다. 야외노출시험의 경우 깊이 10 cm 이내의 토양에서 구리의 분포범위가 사용 중인 데크 기둥 주변의 토양에서보다 훨씬 넓은 것으로 나타났는데 이는 야외노출시험에 사용된 방부처리목재의 약제보유량이 데크 기둥의 경우보다 두 배 이상 높은 것에서 기인한다고 판단된다.

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