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Influence of Fe/Al oxyhydroxides and soil organic matter on the adsorption of Pb onto natural stream sediment

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Adsorption of heavy metals on stream sediments has important implications for the fate and transport of contaminants in subsurface ecosystems. Lead (Pb) is a potentially hazardous heavy metal that is found in high amounts in anthropogenic environments, especially aquatic ecosystems. The key mechanisms for distributing this metal in the environment are adsorption and desorption in stream to sediment, and vice versa. Therefore, this work is mainly focused on the study of the influence of amorphous Fe/Al-oxyhydroxides and soil organic matter (SOM) on the adsorption of Pb onto natural stream sediment. Spiking adsorption experiments were carried out with four types of samples namely, untreated dried sediment, Fe/Al-oxyhydroxides depleted sediment, SOM depleted sediment and both Fe/Al as well as SOM depleted sediment in the pH range of 3.0 to 8.0. The results showed that Pb adsorption was reduced by up to 45% in amorphous Fe/Al-oxyhydroxide depleted sediment at pH 4.0 to 6.0, whereas a similar adsorption reduction was observed in SOM depleted sediment at pH 6.5 to 7.5. Maximum Pb adsorption was reduced by up to 75% in both amorphous Fe/Al-oxyhydroxides and SOM depleted sediment samples at pH ranges ranging from 3.0 to 7.0. Furthermore, it was shown that SOM was most significant at pH 6.5, while Fe/Al-oxyhydroxides were more important when pH was > 6.5 for the Pb adsorption in natural stream sediment.

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The authors are thankful to RTM Nagpur University for support under URPS, Dev-2117, DST, 584 New Delhi for DST-FIST grant and UGC, New Delhi for UGC-SAP grant.

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by Pankaj Bakshe. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Pankaj Bakshe and conceptualization, writing: review and editing, supervision was done by Ravin Jugade. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Bakshe, P., Jugade, R. Influence of Fe/Al oxyhydroxides and soil organic matter on the adsorption of Pb onto natural stream sediment. J Environ Health Sci Engineer (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40201-024-00894-1

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