Adsorption of copper and cadmium from aqueous solution by various types of sediments under static and dynamic conditions
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| Year of publication | 2003 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Bulletin of Geosciences |
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| Field | Geochemistry |
| Keywords | Cu; Cd; adsorption; isotherm; soil; leaching column; sequential extraction analysis |
| Description | Themobilityofheavymetalsinsedimentsandsoilsdependsstronglyonphysicalpropertiesandchemicalandmineralogicalcompositionofsuchenvironments.Fivetypesofsampleswithdifferentamountsofcarbonates,organicmatter,chemicalcompositionandvariousgrainsizeswerecho-sen.ExperimentalsorptiondatafrombatchtestswereevaluatedbyLangmuirandFreundlichtypeisotherms,whichprovidedmainsorptioncharacteris-ticsofsedimentsamplesforheavymetals(Cu,Cd).Inordertosimulatenaturalconditionsmorerealistically,severalleachingcolumntestswerealsoper-formed.Thesamplesorptioncapacitiesunderstaticanddynamicconditionswereevaluated.AllchosensamplesbondedCumoreefficientlyandfirmlythanCd.Distilledwaterwashedoutabout6%ofCuand44%ofCdfromHBS2(quartz-dominatedsamplewith74wt%ofsand-sizedfraction)and6%ofCuand9%ofCdfromHBS6(finer-grainedsamplewithsomeamountoforganicmatterandcarbonates).Carbonatesprovedtobecrucialforthemo-bilityofheavymetalsinnaturalsamples.Freemetalswerewashedoutofporesattheverybeginningofthedesorptionexperiments.Then,weaklyad-sorbedmetals(electricdoublelayer)werewashedoutandfinally,alowstationarymetalconcentrationwasestablished.Suchbehaviourshouldresultinaslow release of small amounts of a heavy metal, which should therefore not represent significant danger to the environment |
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