Copper distribution in surface and subsurface soil horizons

D Arenas-Lago, FA Vega, LFO Silva… - … science and pollution …, 2014 - Springer
D Arenas-Lago, FA Vega, LFO Silva, ML Andrade
Environmental science and pollution research, 2014Springer
The horizons of four natural soils were treated with Cu 2+ in an acid medium to study the
retention capacity of Cu. The possible mineralogical changes arising because of the
treatment were also studied. The soil properties and characteristics with the greatest
influence on the metal retention and its distribution among the different soil fractions were
determined. Crystalline phases of each horizon were determined by X-ray diffraction (XDR).
The morphology, structural distribution and particle chemical composition of soil samples …
Abstract
The horizons of four natural soils were treated with Cu2+ in an acid medium to study the retention capacity of Cu. The possible mineralogical changes arising because of the treatment were also studied. The soil properties and characteristics with the greatest influence on the metal retention and its distribution among the different soil fractions were determined. Crystalline phases of each horizon were determined by X-ray diffraction (XDR). The morphology, structural distribution and particle chemical composition of soil samples were investigated using field emission scanning electron microscopy. Cu distribution in the different geochemical phases of the soil was studied using a sequential extraction. The treatment led to an increase in the amorphous phases and the formation of new crystalline phases, such as rouaite (Cu2(NO3)(OH)3) and nitratine (NaNO3). Cu was also found superficially sorbed on amorphous hydroxy compounds of Fe that interact with albite, muscovite and gibbsite, and also on spherical and curved particles of aluminium clays. The largest amount of Cu retained was in an exchangeable form, and the smallest amount associated with the crystalline Fe oxides and residual fraction. In the surface horizons, the predominant Cu retention process is complexation in organomineral associations, while in the subsurface horizons it is adsorption.
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