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Single-Element and Competitive Metal Mobility Measured with Column Infiltration and Batch Tests

^a Dep. of Agricultural Development, Democritus Univ. of Thrace, Pantazidou 193, GR-682 00, Orestiada, Greece
^b School of Planning, Architecture, and Civil Engineering, Queen's Univ. Belfast, David Kier Building, Stranmillis Rd., Belfast, BT9 5AG, UK
^c School of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resources, Faculty of Science and Technology, Univ. Kebangsoon Malaysia, 43600, Bangi, Slangor, Malaysia

View larger version (36K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Fig.1. Centrifuge infiltration cell used to study metal mobility in London Clay.

View larger version (19K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Fig. 2. Copper breakthrough curves, representing Cu concentrations eluted in the centrifuge infiltration tests: (a) breakthrough of Cu as a single component (without competition), (b) breakthrough of Cu when in competition with Ni, and (c) breakthrough of Cu when in competition with Zn. The arrows signify the end of the infiltration of the metal solution, and the beginning of the desorption process.

View larger version (19K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Fig. 3. Nickel breakthrough, representing Ni concentrations eluted in the centrifuge infiltration tests: (a) breakthrough of Ni as a single component (without competition), (b) breakthrough of Ni when in competition with Cu, and (c) breakthrough of Ni when in competition with Zn. The arrows signify the end of the infiltration of the metal solution, and the beginning of the desorption process.

View larger version (19K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Fig. 4. Zinc breakthrough, representing Zn concentrations eluted in the centrifuge infiltration tests: (a) breakthrough of Zn as a single component (without competition), (b) breakthrough of Zn when in competition with Cu, and (c) breakthrough of Zn when in competition with Ni. The arrows signify the end of the infiltration of the metal solution, and the beginning of the desorption process.

View larger version (16K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Fig. 5. Sorption isotherms for Cu, Ni, and Zn fitted with the Langmuir curve fit model. On the y axis S represents the equilibrium concentration of metal sorbed onto the soil solids, and on the x axis C represents the equilibrium concentration of metal remaining in the soil solution. Open squares represent the results from one of the replicate adsorption tests, closed squares the results from the other.