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Sorption of Cadmium in Some Soil Amendments for In Situ Recovery of Contaminated Soils

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Although Cd concentrations in uncontaminated soils are usually low, pollution of soils by Cd from different sources of contamination pose problems. The application of soil amendments to increase plant production has been used as a viable alternative for recovery of soils contaminated with Cd. However, emphasis needs to be placed on the nature of Cd sorption processes in order that the amendments can be managed appropriately. A range of materials including vermicompost, sugarcane filter cake, palm kernel pie, lime, phosphate rock, and zeolite were used for the sorption studies. Total and nonspecific Cd sorption was estimated by batch experiments, and specific sorption was obtained by the difference between the former and the latter. Best adsorbents for specific Cd sorption from soil amendments were lime and zeolite. Langmuir adsorption isotherms fitted reasonably well in the experimental data, and their constants were evaluated, with R 2 values from 0.80 to 0.99. The maximum adsorption capacity of Cd(II) was higher for mineral amendments than for organic amendments and ranged from 0.89 to 10.86 g kg−1. The small value (0.08 L mg−1) of the constant related to the energy of adsorption indicated that Cd was bound weakly to the palm kernel pie. Thermodynamic parameter, the Gibbs free energy, was calculated for each system, and the negative values obtained confirm that the adsorption processes were spontaneous. The values of separation factor, R L, which has been used to predict affinity between adsorbate and adsorbent were between 0 and 1, indicating that sorption was very favorable for Cd(II).

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We thank the Instituto Nacional Autónomo de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIAP), Ecuador, for leave of absence. We also thank the Secretaria Nacional de Educación Superior, Ciencia, Tecnologia e Innovación, Ecuador, and the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG), Brazil, for financial support.

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    M. D. Carrillo Zenteno

  2. Departamento de Solos, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-000, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

    R. C. A. de Freitas, R. B. A. Fernandes, M. P. F. Fontes & C. P. Jordão

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Carrillo Zenteno, M.D., de Freitas, R.C.A., Fernandes, R.B.A. et al. Sorption of Cadmium in Some Soil Amendments for In Situ Recovery of Contaminated Soils. Water Air Soil Pollut 224, 1418 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-012-1418-8

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