Regularities of Cu, Pb and Zn adsorption by chernozems of the South of Russia

Authors : David L PİNSKY, Tatiana M MİNKİNA

Pages : 59-68

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Publication Date : 2013-03-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The parameters of Cu 2+ , Pb 2+ and Zn 2+ adsorption by chernozems of the south of Russia and their particle-size fractions were studied. The adsorption capacity of chernozems for Cu 2+ , Pb 2+ , and Zn 2+ depending on the particle-size distribution decreased in the following sequence: clay loamy ordinary chernozem ~ clay loamy southern chernozem > loamy southern chernozem > loamy sandy southern chernozem. According to the parameters of the adsorption by the different particle-size fractions insert ignore into journalissuearticles values( C max and k );, the heavy metal cations form a sequence analogous to that obtained for the entire soils: Cu 2+ ≥ Pb 2+ > Zn 2+ . The parameters of the heavy metal adsorption by similar particle-size fractions separated from different soils decreased in the following order: clay loamy chernozem > loamy chernozem > loamy sandy chernozem. The ratio between the content of exchangeable cations displaced from the soil adsorbing complex insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SAC); into the solution and the content of adsorbed HMs decreased with the increasing concentration of adsorbed HMs. These values could be higher insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(for Cu 2+ and Pb 2+ );, equal, or lower than 1 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(for Zn 2+ ); and depend on the properties of HMs. At the first case, this was due to the dissolution of readily soluble salts at low HM concentrations in the SAC. In the latter case, this was related to the adsorption of associated forms HMs and the formation of new phases localized on the surface of soil particles at high HM concentrations in the SAC.
Keywords : adsorption, exchangeable cations, particle size fractions, heavy metals

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