Complexation and adsorption properties of environmentally relevant particles in presence and absence of humic acid. 1. adsorption of Cd(II) and Pb(II) on vermiculite. 2. adsorpton of atrazine and metabolites on soil.

Author(s)

Gilberto Abate

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Conjunto das Químicas (IQ e FCF) (CQ/DBDCQ)
• Defense date: 2003-02-05

Examining board members

Jaim Lichtig; José Eduardo Bevilacqua; Jivaldo do Rosário Matos; Maria Olimpia de Oliveira Rezende; Jorge Moreira Vaz

• Advisor: Jorge Cesar Masini

Abstract

The adsorption of Cd(lI) and Pb(lI) was studied in a 1,00 g I-1 vermiculite suspension in 2 and 20 mmol I-1 KNO3 medium at pH 5,0; 6,0 and 7,0 (±0,1). After 6 h of equilibrium time, the suspensions were centrifuged and the supernatants analyzed by anodic stripping voltammetry under continuous flow in the accumulation step. To evaluate the adsorption capacity and the binding affinity, the Scatchard and Freundlich methods were employed, showing a greater removal process for Pb(II), increasing for both ions at higher pH values and smaller ionic strength. In short, the vermiculite treated with a 30 mg I-1 humic acid (HA) suspension showed an enhancement of the adsorption capacity for Cd(lI) and Pb(lI) under alI conditions of this study. Secondly, the adsorption process of the herbicide atrazine (AT), and the metabolites hidroxyatrazine (HAT), deethylatrazine (DEA) and deisopropylatrazine (DIA) was studied in a soil sample. The study was carried out in a 5 ml suspension with 1,0 g of soil in 0,01 moI I-1 CaCl2 solution, pH 5.2 ± 0.1, in the presence of the herbicide and metabolites. After an equiIibrium time of 24 h, the suspensions were centrifuged and the supernatants analyzed using HPLC. The data treatment using Scatchard and Freundlich methods revealed the following adsorption capacity and affinity order: HAT > AT > DEA =~DIA, in the presence or absence of HA. (AU)