title: [Copper sorption and desorption by loess in water-sediment systems].
abstract: A series of experiments were designed to investigate copper sorption and desorption by loess in hyper-concentrated sediment systems. The results demonstrate that loess had large copper sorption capacity because of its specific adsorption and precipitation of carbonate and hydroxide. Copper sorption decreased with increasing ionic strength of solution, but the effects of varying cationic charge of supporting electrolyte were still detected. Less than 4% of copper was desorbed in the neutral saline solution, and increased with increasing ionic strength of solution. The pH was the most dominant factor on copper desorption. More than 70% of copper can be desorbed in the acid solution, and copper desorption increased with the decrease of solution pH. When pH of solid-liquid system was fixed, copper desorption from equivalent loess increased with the increase of solution volume, and copper desorption in the same sediment concentration increased with the adsorptive capacity.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education, Department of Environmental Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
authors.forename: Lan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jinren
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ni
authors.forename: Weiling
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Rong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000737:chemistry*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D003300:Copper