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An exploratory study was carried out at 22 sampling stations along the Langat River, Selangor in order to investigate on the vitality of cation exchange capacity (CEC) in sediment (0–5 cm). Parameters such as pH, Eh, salinity, and electrical conductivity (EC) were determined. The CEC in sediment has been calculated by the determination of Ca2+, Na+, Mg2+, and K+ using the flame atomic absorption spectrophotometer, while the organic matter content in sediment was ascertained using the loss on ignition method. The characteristic of the sediment shows that pH (3.09–7.46), salinity (0.02–10.71 ppt), EC (3.39–517 μS/cm) and Eh (−16.20–253.10 mV) were substantially high in variation. This study also revealed that exchangeable Ca2+ and Mg2+ were controlled by organic matter contents, while exchangeable Na+ and K+ were influenced by salinity. Salinity was observed to play a major part in controlling all the exchangeable cations, as it gives strong significant correlations with Na+, K+, Mg2+, CEC, and organic matter at p < 0.01. The presence of seawater, clay mineralogy, and organic matter proves that it does play an important role in determining the CEC and soon relates to the pollution magnitude in the sediment.
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The authors would like thank Mr Fahmi, Mr Isahak, Mr Kamran, Mr Hazzeman and the Lab members for their encouragements, wise ideas and also for assisting with the sampling campaign. The authors also gratefully acknowledge the Research University Grant Scheme (RUGS) project number 03-01-10-0890RU Vot 91895 and The Academy of Science for the developing World (TWAS) research grant agreement (GRA) number 09-099 RG/EAS/AS_C-UNESCO FR:3240231216 for funding this research and to Universiti Putra Malaysia for the Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) that was granted to the first author.
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Shafie, N.A., Aris, A.Z. & Puad, N.H.A. Influential factors on the levels of cation exchange capacity in sediment at Langat river. Arab J Geosci 6, 3049–3058 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-012-0563-0
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