Arsenate and arsenite adsorption in relation with chemical properties of alluvial and loess soils
Main Article Content
Abstract
Arsenic is one of the most toxic elements in the soil environment. Understanding of the arsenic adsorption chemistry is essential for evolving the extent of soil and groundwater contaminations. This research was conducted to determine the variation in adsorption behaviour of arsenite and arsenate with depth in different lithology soils. We sampled two parent materials at genetic horizons, and within a parent material, we selected two soils. Besides basic soil characterizations, a laboratory batch experiments were carried out to study the adsorption of arsenate and arsenite. Freundlich adsorption approaches were employed to investigate the adsorption of arsenate and arsenite in the soils. Freundlich isotherms fit arsenate and arsenite sorption data well with r2 values of 0.88–0.98 in most soils. Arsenate and arsenite adsorption varied with the soil properties, especially in clay composition and in the oxides of iron and aluminum. Arsenic adsorption parameters also varied with depth in parent materials, and loess derived soils had greater adsorption capacity as compared to alluvial soils in most of the adsorption parameters. This research concludes that the loess soils had higher arsenic adsorption capacity than the alluvial soils.
Downloads
Metrics
Article Details
Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license 4.0 that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
References
H. Garelick, H. Jones, A. Dybowska, E. Valsami-Jones, Rev. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 197 (2008) 17
E. Moreno-Jiménez, J. M. Peñalosa, E. Esteban, M. P. Bernal, J. Environ. Monit. 11 (2009) 1375
G. T. Vaughan, The environmental chemistry and fate of arsenical pesticides in cattle dip sites and banana plantations, CSIRO Division of Coal Industry, Center for Advanced Analytical Chemistry, NSW, Melbourne, 1993, p. 123
A. Giacomino, M. Malandrino, O. Abollino, M. Velayutham, T. Chinnathangavel, E. Mentasti, Environ. Pollut. 158 (2009) 416
X. C. Le, X. Lu, M. Ma, W. R. Cullen, V. Aposhian, B. Zheng, Anal. Chem. 72 (2000) 5172
C. K. Jain, I. Ali, Wat. Res. 34 (2000) 4304
C. J. Ng, N. Barry, S. Bruce, H. Crawley, M. R. Moore, in Proceedings of the Fifth National Workshop on the Assessment of Site Contamination, Australia, EPHC, Adelaide, 2003, p. 163
P. ONeill, in Heavy metals in soil, B. J. Alloway, Ed., 2nd ed., Blackie academic and professional, London, 1995, p. 105
H. Zhang, H. M. Selim, Environ. Sci. Technol. 39 (2005) 6101
M. Sadiq. Water, Air Soil Pollut. 93 (1997) 117
V. Matera, I. L. Hecho, A. Laboudigue, P. Thomas, S. Tellier, M. A. Astruc, Environ. Pollut. 12 (2003) 51
B. J. Lafferty, R. H. Loeppert, Environ. Sci. Technol. 39 (2005) 2120
H. J. Shipley, S. J. Yean, A.T. Kan, M. B. Tomson, Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 28 (2009) 509
A. Mehmood, R. Hayat, M. Wasim, M. S. Akhter, J. Agri. Biol. Sci. 1 (2009) 59
J. Alvarez-Benedi, S. Bolado, I. Cancillo, C. Calvo, D. Garcia-Sinovas, Vadose Zone J. 4 (2005) 282
S. Goldberg, Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 66 (2002) 413
S. Kundu, A. K. Gupta, Chem. Eng. J. 122 (2006) 93
K. Raven, A. Jain, R. Loeppert, Environ. Sci. Technol. 32 (1998) 344
R. H. Leoppert, C. T. Hallmark, M. M. Koshy, Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 48 (1984) 1030
D. W. Nelson, L. E. Sommers, in Methods of Soil Analysis. Part 2. Chemical and microbiological properties, A. L. Page, R. H. Miller, D. R. Keeney, Eds., ASA, Madison, WI, 1982, p. 574
O. P. Mehra, M. L. Jackson, Clay Mineral 7 (1960) 317
H. D. Chapmen, in Methods of Soil Analysis. Part 2. Chemical and microbiological properties, C. A. Black,Ed., ASA, Madison, WI, 1965, p. 891
M. L. Jackson, C. H. Lim, L. W. Zelazny, in Methods of Soil Analysis. Part 1, A. Klute, Ed., ASA, Madison, USA, 1986, p. 101
C. L. Castro, D. L. Rolston, Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 41 (1977) 1085
J. K. Syers, R. F. Harris, D. E. Armstrong, J. Environ. Qual. 2 (1973) 1
H. Freundlich, Kapillarchemie. eine Darstellung der Chemie der Kolloide und ver-wandter Gebiete, Akademische Verlagsgellschaft, Leipzig, 1909
SAS Institute Inc. 2003. SAS Version 9. Cary (NC): SAS Institute Inc.
R. Amin, M. Ikram, Keys to Soils of Punjab and Sindh. Soil Survey of Pakistan, Multan Road, Lahore, 2007
A. Mehmood, PhD Thesis, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, 2014
H. Jenny, Factors of Soil Formation, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1941
A. Mehmood, M. S. Akhtar, R. Hayat, M. Memon, J. Chem. Soc. Pak. 32 (2010) 129
N. Ghorbanzadeh, W. Jung, A. Halajnia, A. Lakzian, A. N. Kabra, B. Jeon, Geosystem Eng., DOI: 10.1080/12269328.2015.1062436
Wu, P., W. Wu, S. Li, N. Xing, N. Zhu, P. Li and Z. Dang, J. Haz. Mat. 169 (2009) 824
Q. Feng, Z. Zhang, Y. Chen, L. Liu, Z. Zhengjie, C. Chen, Procedia Env. Sci. 18 (2013) 26
W. R. Roy, J. J. Hassett, R. A. Griffin, Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 50 (1986) 1176
K. B. Payne, T. M. Abdel-Fattah. J. Environ. Sci. Health 40 (2005) 723
X. Zeng, P. Wu, S. Su, L. Bai, Q. Feng, Plant Soil Environ. 58 (2012) 405
H. L. Bohn, B. L. McNeal, G. A. O'Connor, Soil Chemistry, 2nd ed., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1985
E. A. Elkhatib, O. L. Bennett, R. J. Wright, Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 48 (1984) 1025
W. Jiang, S. Zhang, X. Shan, M. Feng, Y. Zhu, R. McLaren, Environ. Pollut. 138 (2005) 278.