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Responses of kinetics and capacity of phenanthrene sorption on sediments to soil organic matter releasing

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Soil organic matter (SOM) releasing with dissolved organic matter (DOM) formed in solution was confirmed in a sediment/water system, and the effects of SOM releasing on the sorption of phenanthrene on sediments were investigated. Inorganic salt (0–0.1 mol L−1 NaCl) was used to adjust SOM releasing, and two sediments were prepared, the raw sediment (S1) from Weihe River, Shann’xi, China, and the eluted sediments with and without DOM supernatant remained, termed as S2a and S2b, respectively. The FTIR and 1H NMR analysis indicate that the low molecular weight hydrophilic SOM fraction released prior to the high molecular weight hydrophobic fraction. As a response, phenanthrene sorption kinetics on S1 showed atypical and expressed as three stages: rapid sorption, pseudo sorption with partial desorption, and slow sorption, thus a defined “sorption valley” occurred in kinetic curve. In all cases, partition dominates the sorption, and sorption capacity (Kd) ranked as S2b > S1 > S2a. Compared with the alterations of sediment characters, DOM solubilization produced by SOM releasing exhibited a greater inhibitory effect on sorption with a relative contribution of 0.67. Distribution coefficients (Kdoc) of PHE into DOM clusters were 2.10 × 104–4.18 × 104 L kg−1, however a threshold concentration of 6.83 mg L−1 existed in DOM solubilization. The study results will help to clarify PAHs transport and their biological fate in a sediment/water system.

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Acknowledgments

The project was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40872164), NPU Foundation for Fundamental Research (Grant No. JCY20130145), and the project titled “survey and assessment of groundwater pollution in main cities of Northwestern China (1212011220982)”.

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Zhang, X., Wu, Y., Hu, S. et al. Responses of kinetics and capacity of phenanthrene sorption on sediments to soil organic matter releasing. Environ Sci Pollut Res 21, 8271–8283 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-014-2750-x

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