Trace metals in oxic lake sediments: possible adsorption onto iron oxyhydroxides

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Apparent overall equilibrium constants for the adsorption of Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn onto natural iron oxyhydroxides have been calculated from the partitioning of these trace metals in oxic lake sediments and the in situ measurement of trace metal concentrations in the associated pore waters. Such values obtained from lakes of various pH located on the Precambrian Shield, in the area of Sudbury, Ontario, are compared with equilibrium constants obtained for the adsorption of the trace metals onto iron oxyhydroxides in well-defined media. The field data are consistent with laboratory experiments reported in the literature and with theory. Both the influence of pH upon adsorption and the binding strength sequence observed for the field data agree with theory. At high sediment pH values, the partitioning of Cd, Ni and Zn between the pore waters and the natural iron oxyhydroxides is similar to those reported in the literature for the adsorption of these metals at low surface coverage onto amorphous iron oxyhydroxides in a NaNO 3 medium; deviation from this simple model is however observed for Cu and Pb, presumably due to the competitive action of dissolved ligands. At low sediment pH values, the adsorption is much higher than predicted by the simple model and can be explained by the formation of ternary complexes with the iron oxyhydroxide surface.

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