7.
Depend on:
Surface area & amount of sorption “sites”
Relative attraction of sorptive to sorbents
Mineral surfaces can have:
Permanent structural charge
Variable charge
8.
Minerals which are precipitated can also
interact with other molecules and ions at the
surface
Attraction between a particular mineral surface
and an ion or molecule due to:
Electrostatic interaction (unlike charges attract)
Hydrophobic/hydrophilic interactions
Specific bonding reactions at the surface
21. General overview of sorption processes occurring in soil
sorbate
sorptive
sorbent
22.
23. Plant growth and development largely depend on the
combination and concentration of mineral nutrients available
in the soil as a result of sorption.
Plants often face significant challenges in obtaining an
adequate supply of these nutrients to meet the demands of
basic cellular processes due to their relative immobility.
24. For instance, adding fertilizer to a soil will increase the
solution potassium (K+) concentration and subsequently
increase the amount of K sorbed by the solid phase.
Conversely, as growing plants uptake K+ from the soil
solution, this will drive desorption of the sorbate K+ from
the soil. In this way, the soil serves as a nutrient reserve for
plants and soil organisms.
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26.
27. Mining, manufacturing, and the use of synthetic products (e.g.
pesticides, paints, batteries, industrial waste, and land
application of industrial or domestic sludge) can result in heavy
metal contamination of urban and agricultural soils. Heavy
metals also occur naturally, but rarely at toxic levels.
28. Excess heavy metal accumulation in soils is toxic to humans
and other animals. Exposure to heavy metals is normally
chronic due to food chain transfer.
Acute poisoning from heavy metals is rare through ingestion
or dermal contact, but is possible. Chronic problems associated
with long-term heavy metal exposures are:
Notas do Editor
These 2 words are deifineseparatly as
Diffuse Layer: The region of ion adsorption near a sorbent surface that is subject to diffusion with the bulk solution. Diffuse layer ions are not immediately adjacent the surface, but rather are distributed between the inner, Stern layer ions and the bulk solution by balance of electrostatic attraction to the sorbent and diffusion away form the sorbent.Stern Layer: The layer of ions adsorbed immediately adjacent to a charged sorbent surface. Ions in the Stern layer can be directly bonded to the sorbent through covalent and ionic bonds (inner-sphere complexes) or held adjacent to a sorbent through strictly electrostatic forces in outer-sphere complexes.
terms like ‘‘sorptive,’’ ‘‘sorbate,’’ and ‘‘sorbent’’ are used to refer, in the order, to the free solute in solution, solute which undergo sorption by solid material ~soil, sediment, etc.!, and the sorbing phase.
For instance, adding fertilizer to a soil will increase the solution potassium (K+) concentration and subsequently increase the amount of K sorbed by the solid phase. Conversely, as growing plants uptake K+ from the soil solution, this will drive desorption of the sorbate K+ from the soil. In this way, the soil serves as a nutrient reserve for plants and soil organisms.
Recycling in natural systems is one of the many ecosystem services that sustain and contribute to the well-being of human societies. Ecosystems employ biodiversity in the food webs that recycle natural materials, such as mineral nutrients, which includes water, Nitrogen, Carbon, Sulfur, Phosphorous, Oxygen.
Soil stores, moderates the release of, and cycles nutrients, pesticides, herbicides and elements. During these biogeochemical processes, analogous to the water cycle, nutrients can be transformed into plant available forms, held in the soil by sorption, or even lost to air or water.
Mining, manufacturing, and the use of synthetic products (e.g. pesticides, paints, batteries, industrial waste, and land application of industrial or domestic sludge) can result in heavy metal contamination of urban and agricultural soils. Heavy metals also occur naturally, but rarely at toxic levels.