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APPLIED GEOCHEMISTRY
Volume 27, Issue 5, Pages 1005-1012Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.01.021
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- National Natural Science Foundation [20607007, 20877033]
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Solid materials such as suspended particulate matter (SPM), deposited sediment (DS) and natural surface coatings (NSC, composed of biofilms and associated minerals) are important sinks and potential sources of pollutants in natural aquatic environments. Although these materials can exist in the same water body, few studies have been conducted to compare their ability to adsorb trace metals. In this study, the adsorption of Pb, Cu and Cd by these solids, collected from an urban lake, was investigated. In addition, the metal adsorption properties of the main components of these solids, namely Mn and Fe oxides and organics, were also investigated using the method of selective extraction followed by metal adsorption. The solids that coexisted in water showed similarities and differences in their compositions. For each metal, adsorption to the solids occurred in the same order: NSC > SPM > DS. For Pb and Cd, Fe and Mn oxides and organics contributed to the adsorption by NSC and SPM, and the adsorption by DS was dominated by Fe oxides. For Cu, the organics were the main adsorptive phase. The specific adsorption capability of these components decreases in the following order: Mn oxides > Fe oxides > organics. Overall, the results presented herein indicate that different solids and their components played important roles in the adsorption of trace metals. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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