Organic compounds alter the preference and rates of heavy metal adsorption on ferrihydrite

Engel, Maya; Lezama Pacheco, Juan S.; Noël, Vincent; Boye, Kristin; Fendorf, Scott

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141485

Title: Organic compounds alter the preference and rates of heavy metal adsorption on ferrihydrite

Journal Article · 04 August 2021 · Science of the Total Environment

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141485 · OSTI ID:1767934

Engel, Maya ^[1]; Lezama Pacheco, Juan S. ^[1];

^[2]; Boye, Kristin ^[2];

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Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL)

The availability of heavy metals in terrestrial environments is largely controlled by their interactions with minerals and organic matter, with iron minerals having a particularly strong role in heavy metal fate. Because soil organic matter contains a variety of compounds that differ in their chemical properties, the underlying impact organic matter-soil mineral associations bestow on heavy metal binding is still unresolved. Here, we systematically examine the binding of Cd, Zn and Ni by a suite of organic-ferrihydrite assemblages, chosen to account for various compound chemistries within soil organic matter. We posited that organic compound functionality would dictate the extent of association with the organic-ferrihydrite assemblages. Increased heavy metal binding to the assemblages was observed and attributed to the introduction of additional binding sites by the organic functional groups with differing metal affinities. Furthermore, the relative increase depended on the metal's Lewis acidity and followed the order Cd > Zn > Ni, whereas the reverse order was obtained for metal binding by pristine ferrihydrite (Ni > Zn > Cd). Citric acid-, aspartic acid- and cysteine-ferrihydrite assemblages also enhanced the metal binding rate. X-ray absorption spectroscopy revealed that the organic coating contributed significantly to Zn binding by the assemblages, despite relatively low organic surface coverage. Our findings provide valuable information on the nature of heavy metal-organic-mineral interactions and metal adsorption processes regulating their bioavailability and transport.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Stanford University, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: US-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund (BARD); USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; SC0016544; SC0020205

OSTI ID:: 1767934

Journal Information:: Science of the Total Environment, Journal Name: Science of the Total Environment Vol. 750; ISSN 0048-9697

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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