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Heavy Metals in the Environment

Kinetics of Chromate Adsorption on Goethite in the Presence of Sorbed Silicic Acid

Department of Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061

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Received for publication February 26, 2004. The adsorption of chromate on mineral surfaces has received much attention due to its toxicity in natural systems. Spectroscopic studies have demonstrated that chromate forms inner-sphere complexes on variable-charge surfaces. However, in natural systems chromate has been observed to be fairly mobile, which has been explained by the presence of naturally occurring ligands competing with chromate for mineral surface sites. Silicic acid is a ubiquitous ligand in soil and water environments and also sorbs strongly to variable-charge surfaces. Yet little research has examined its influence on chromate adsorption to variable-charge surfaces such as goethite. This study examined the influence of silicic acid (0.10 and 1.0 mM) on the adsorption kinetics of chromate (0.05 and 0.10 mM) on goethite over a range of common soil pH values (4, 6, and 8). The rate and total quantity of chromate adsorption decreased in all the experiments except at a pH value of 4 and a chromate concentration of 0.05 mM. The inhibition of chromate adsorption ranged from 3.1% (pH = 4, Si = 0.10 mM, chromate = 0.10 mM) to 83.3% (pH = 8, Si = 1.0 mM, chromate = 0.05 mM). The rate of chromate adsorption decreased with an increase in pH and silicic acid concentration. This was attributed to a reduction in the surface potential of goethite on silicic acid adsorption as well as a competition for surface sites. The presence of naturally occurring ligands such as silicic acid may be responsible for the enhanced mobility of chromate in natural systems and demonstrates the importance of competitive adsorption for evaluating the mobility of trace elements.

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