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Adsorption-desorption and co-migration of vanadium on colloidal kaolinite

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Vanadium (V) pollution in soil has been widely noted, while knowledge about the effect of soil colloid on migration of V is scarce. Batch adsorption-desorption and transportation of the colloid-adsorbed V in columns packed with quartz sand under various environment conditions were carried out to explore the retention and transportation of V by colloidal kaolinite. Batch adsorption-desorption studies show that the adsorption of V by the colloidal kaolinite was mainly specific adsorption and redox played a limited role in the adsorption process. The maximum adsorption capacity of the colloidal kaolinite was 712.4 mg g−1, and about 5.9–8.7% of the adsorbed V could be desorbed. Both the adsorption-desorption and migration of V with colloidal kaolinite were highly ambient condition dependent. The column studies show that V was highly mobile in the saturated porous media. An easier transfer of V with an increase in pH, IS, and velocity of flow was noted. However, the increase of IS lead to the blockage of the colloidal kaolinite transportation. The recovery rate of the colloidal kaolinite at pH 7 and 9 was 2.0 and 2.1 times that at pH 5, respectively. The migration of colloidal-adsorbed V in sand column preceded that of V ion, but more colloidal-bound V than V ion remained in the column. Lack of consideration of the combination and co-transportation of V and colloidal kaolinite will lead to an overestimation of the risk of V to deeper soil profiles and groundwater.

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This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (2018YFC1802201), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2019FZJD007), and Sichuan Science and Technology Program (2018HH0137).

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    Jin-yan Yang, Hou-qiao Luo, Yan-yuan Zhu, Ya-qi Yu, Wen-yan He, Zhen-zhong Wu & Bin Wang

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• Colloidal kaolinite has high adsorption capacity of V; < 10% adsorbed V was desorbed.

• V was highly mobile in the saturated porous media.

• An easier transport of V with an increase in pH, IS, and flow velocity was noted.

• Elevated IS or acidic condition leads to blockage of colloidal kaolinite transport.

• Colloidal kaolinite-V complex transported prior to V, but remained more in column.

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Yang, Jy., Luo, Hq., Zhu, Yy. et al. Adsorption-desorption and co-migration of vanadium on colloidal kaolinite. Environ Sci Pollut Res 27, 17910–17922 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-07845-x

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