Edited by
Everett Jenne, Battelle, Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Kennewick, Washington, U.S.A.
Description
Adsorption of Metals by Geomedia, serves as a needed resource for this topic which has received much attention during
the past 15 years. The book provides an in-depth review of the field, followed by numerouschapters that document the current status of
adsorption research for a variety of metals by geomedia ranging from individual minerals to sediments and soils. Adsorption mechanisms
are detailed and precipitation is presented as a distinct sorption process.Virtually all factors affecting the extent of metal adsorption
are examined, including the effects of selected anions, competition among metals, pH, metal concentration, loading, variable metal adsorption
capacity, ionic strength, hydrogen exchange and stoichiometry, and solids concentration. A variety of adsorption models are briefly presented
and some are used to extend laboratory studies to field sites. The book is comprised of a collection of papers contributed by leading
investigators from Canada, France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the US.
Audience:
Environmental scientists and engineers, and geoscientists involved in making sorption measurements, using such data for remediation of contaminated sites, and transport modeling.
