Sorption of phenanthrene onto the natural sediment with low organic carbon content (OC%), organic-free sediment, and kaolinite was investigated through isotherm experiments. Effects of cosolutes (pyrene, 4-n-nonyphenol (NP), and humic acid (HA)) on phenanthrene sorption were also studied by comparing apparent solid-water distribution coefficients (K d (app)) of phenanthrene. Two addition sequen...

A series of batch and column laboratory experiments were conducted to determine adsorption coefficients of mercury (II) for Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR) soil. The experimental setup used soil collected from an area offsite of the ORR, in a location upstream of East Fork Poplar Creek (EFPC). The batch equilibrium experiments were conducted in the range of 600 to 5,000 μg/L of initial Hg(II) conce...

A pseudo-second order rate equation describing the kinetics of sorption of divalent metal ions on to sphagnum moss peat at various initial metal ion concentrations and peat doses has been developed. The sorption kinetics were followed based on the concentrations of metal sorbed at various time intervals. Results show that chemical sorption processes might be rate-limiting for the sorption of di...

Abstract To improve the understanding of gas transport processes in tight rocks (e.g., shales), systematic flow tests with different gases were conducted on artificial micro- to nanoporous analogue materials. Due rigidity these systems, fluid-dynamic effects could be studied at elevated pressures without interference poro-elastic effects. Flow narrow capillaries did not reveal any viscosity ano...

The degree, mechanisms, and kinetics of phosphorus (P) sorption onto soils can have a significant influence on leaching losses of P from soil. The objectives of this study were to measure the impact of retention time (RT) on P sorption in a flow-through system intended to simulate downward movement of a P solution through two different riparian soils, and determine if isothermal titration calor...

This study investigates Hg(II) and Cu(II) sorption in single binary systems by alginate/polyethylenimine membranes. Batch experiments are conducted to assess the metal performance. FTIR SEM-EDX analyses used identify binding mechanism. The kinetics better fitted pseudo-second-order-equation compared pseudo-first-order-equation. Three isotherms for fitting mono-component solutions Sips model giv...

The sorption of microcystins (MCs) to fifteen lake sediments and four clay minerals was studied as a function of sediment/clay properties, temperature, and pH through well-controlled batch sorption experiments. All sorption data for both sediments and clays are well described by a nonlinear Freundlich model (n(f) varies between 0.49 and 1.03). The sorption process for MCs exhibited different ad...