title: Influence of organic matter removal on competitive and noncompetitive adsorption of copper and zinc in acid soils.
abstract: We studied competitive and noncompetitive adsorption of copper and zinc in four acid soils, and compared the behavior of the two metals in untreated samples and samples treated with hydrogen peroxide to remove organic matter in the soil. Copper exhibited stronger competitive adsorption than zinc in the untreated samples. However, removal of organic matter reduced copper adsorption to a greater extent than zinc adsorption, the two metals exhibiting a more similar adsorption pattern than the untreated samples. The presence of copper dramatically reduced zinc competitive adsorption in untreated samples; on the other hand, that of zinc only resulted in slightly reduced competitive adsorption of copper. The hydrogen peroxide treatment decreased competitive adsorption in both metals; however, copper continued to be more efficient than zinc in competing for binding sites on adsorbing surfaces. Desorption of Cu occurred much less readily than desorption of Zn and hysteresis is apparent especially for Cu.
authors.affiliation: Area de Edafoloxía a Química Agrícola, Departamento de Bioloxía Vexetal e Ciencia do Solo, Universidade de Vigo, Facultade de Ciencias, 32004 Ourense, Spain.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pérez-Novo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pateiro-Moure
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Osorio
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Nóvoa-Muñoz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: López-Periago
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arias-Estévez
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D000383:Agriculture; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015032:Zinc / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D009930:Organic Chemicals; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D003300:Copper; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D015032:Zinc