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	%0 Journal Article
	%A G. Petruzzelli and  F. Pedron and  I. Rosellini and  E. Tassi and  F. Gorini and  B. Pezzarossa and  M. Barbafieri
	%D 2013
	%J International Journal of Environmental and Ecological Engineering
	%B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
	%I Open Science Index 78, 2013
	%T Effect of Ionic Strength on Mercury Adsorption on Contaminated Soil
	%U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/1564
	%V 78
	%X Mercury adsorption on soil was investigated at
different ionic strengths using Ca(NO3)2 as a background electrolyte.
Results fitted the Langmuir equation and the adsorption isotherms
reached a plateau at higher equilibrium concentrations. Increasing
ionic strength decreased the sorption of mercury, due to the
competition of Ca ions for the sorption sites in the soils. The
influence of ionic strength was related to the mechanisms of heavy
metal sorption by the soil. These results can be of practical
importance both in the agriculture and contaminated soils since the
solubility of mercury in soils are strictly dependent on the adsorption
and release process.
	%P 345 - 348