Retention of vanadium (V) by three Finnish mineral soils |
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Authors: | A MIKKONEN J TUMMAVUORI |
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Institution: | Department of Chemistry, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, 40351 Jyväskylä, Finland |
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Abstract: | Retention of V(V) by three Finnish mineral soils from 10?4m and 10?5m sodium vanadate solutions was investigated at room temperature in the pH range 2.3–7.5. In adsorption experiments, 0.02 m KCl was used as ionic medium, and the samples were left to equilibrate for 72 h. The solid: solution ration was 1:100 (m: v). Maximum adsorption occurred at pH ~4, where 70–80% of the added V (350–400 μg g?1 from 10?4m solution and 35–40 μg g?1 from 10?5m solution) was retained by each soil. Retention was significant even at pH 6, where adsorption of a similar anion, molybdate, is negligible. Desorption of the retained V was measured by adding 50.0 cm3 of 0.02 M KCl into weighed soil samples and shaking for 17 h in a mechanical stirrer. Only a minor part of retained V could be removed from each soil by the KCl treatment. Retention of different ionic species of V from 10?5m solution is approximated using values of log K obtained from the literature. In these calculations, kaolin is used as a reference material. |
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