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Interactions between Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn and four different mine soils

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The chemical associations of Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn in four mine soil samples from the Amizour-Bejaia Pb/Zn mine (Algeria) have been investigated by a five-step sequential extraction procedure. Although Cd preferentially binds to carbonates, Cu, Pb, and Zn are mainly associated with the organic and reducible fractions. Batch adsorption experiments with either mono- or multi-metallic solutions are described with the Freundlich isotherm model. Whatever the nature of the soil sample, the sorption behavior for each given metal except Pb is very similar, indicating that the binding sites at the soil surface are progressively occupied by the metal from the solution. On each soil sample, the decreasing order of sorption can be established as Pb >> Cu > Cd > Zn. When the four metals are simultaneously applied to each soil sample, their specific behavior is strongly affected by their interactions and/or competition for the available surface sites: we generally observed isotherm curves with a slight maximum before the plateau at higher solution concentration. Although Cu is only slightly affected by the other metals, in the case of Pb, Cd, and Zn, the sorbed amounts strongly decreased.

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  1. Laboratoire de Gestion et Valorisation des Ressources Naturelles et Assurance Qualité, Faculté SNVST, Université Akli Mohand Oulhadj, 10000, Bouira, Algeria

    Lotfi Mouni

  2. Laboratory of Applied Research in Hydraulics, University of Batna 2, 05000, Batna, Algeria

    Lazhar Belkhiri

  3. Laboratoire Sciences Chimiques de Rennes—Equipe Chimie et Ingénierie des Procédés, UMR 6226 CNRS, ENSCR, Avenue du Général Leclerc, 35700, Rennes, France

    Abdelkrim Bouzaza

  4. Groupement de Recherche Eau-Sol-Environnement (GRESE), Université de Limoges, 123 Avenue Albert Thomas, 87060, Limoges, France

    Jean-Claude Bollinger

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Mouni, L., Belkhiri, L., Bouzaza, A. et al. Interactions between Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn and four different mine soils. Arab J Geosci 10, 77 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-017-2864-9

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