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The processes of pollutant sorption by soil components control their mobility, migration, and transformation in the soil-plant system and depend on numerous properties, among which the elemental composition and surface area are dominant. In a laboratory experiment, the sorption of As and Cd by Si-rich substances differing in surface area, solubility of Si, and mineralogical composition was studied. The adsorption data were fitted to the linear, logarithmic, exponential, Langmuir, and Freundlich equations. Both size of the particles and mineral solubility of Si affected the As and Cd sorption. In the systems with lower initial concentrations of As and Cd, size of the particles had more pronounced effect on the sorption capacity. In the systems with high initial concentrations of As and Cd, the concentration of monosilicic acid was more significant than the surface area.
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This study was supported by National Science Foundation of China (project 2013BAD03B02) and by Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province in China (project 2016JJ6066).
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Peng, H., Ji, X., Wei, W. et al. As and Cd Sorption on Selected Si-Rich Substances. Water Air Soil Pollut 228, 288 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-017-3473-7
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