Adsorption processes in Soils

F. V. MOLINA

Adsorption of Heavy Metals by Minerals, Biomass and Microbiological Materials

John Wiley

Lugar: Nueva York; Año: 2015;

Soils are the result of complex and perennial geological and environmental processes, and as such they have a complex structure and composition. Soils are typically formed by the aggregation of solid particles of widely varying composition, embodying liquid (aqueous solution) and gas (air) phases inside. Commonly found compounds include organic matter of various types, minerals (crystalline inorganic solids) and amorphous material; soil colloidal particles may be formed by definite compounds (e.g. quartz, goethite) or by an association of several types, such as organic-mineral complexes.