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Retention and release isotherm of arsenic in arsenic–humic/fulvic equilibrium study

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Organic fractions from farm yard manure (FYM), vermicompost, municipal sludge, mustard cake, and surface soil of West Bengal, which was arsenic (As)-contaminated, were extracted and fractionated into fulvic and humic acid (FA and HA, respectively) fractions following standard procedures. These HA and FA samples were characterized by pH-potentiometric titrations, viscometric measurements and visible spectrophotometry. The stability constant (logK) of the complexes formed by these natural with As in aqueous phase was evaluated by the ion-exchange method. The logK values suggest that the organo-As complexes were quite stable. The release isotherm of As from the HA/FA complexes extracted from vermicompost and FYM was assayed in the presence of molybdate, nitrate, phosphate, sulfate and borate. The greatest tendency to displace As from the complexes was shown by sulfate, molybdite, and nitrate.

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This work was supported by the World Bank funded project “Arsenic in food chain mitigation,” Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal, India.

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Sinha, B., Bhattacharyya, K. Retention and release isotherm of arsenic in arsenic–humic/fulvic equilibrium study. Biol Fertil Soils 47, 815–822 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-011-0589-6

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