Analysis and assessment of water-soluble ions and heavy metals in particulate matters with different sizeranges. Instructor: Nguyen Duy Dat, students: Chau Thi Huyen Trang, Nguyen Duc Trong. Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, 2025

Pot and field trials were carried out using sediment dredged from the port of Bremen (Germany) and deposited in a settling basin near Bremen; the sediment is polluted with Cd and Zn. Five iron-bearing materials were added to the soil (1% pure Fe in soil dry matter) to immobilize the heavy metals: ‘Red mud from the aluminium industry, sludge from drinking-water treatment, bog iron ore, unused steel shot and steel shot waste.