In:
Soil Science Society of America Journal, Wiley, Vol. 62, No. 5 ( 1998-09), p. 1268-1274
Abstract:
Dissolved organic matter (DOM) plays a prominent role in the transport of contaminants in porous media. As DOM has to be considered as a reactive component, flow regime and sorbent reactivity should affect overall DOM transport in an important way. We focused on DOM transport in unsaturated column experiments using quartz sand (QS) and goethite‐coated quartz sand (GS). Rate constrictions to DOM sorption were investigated by varying the volumetric flow rate, while extent and reversibility of sorption were studied in consecutive adsorption and desorption steps. In the QS, DOM retention was low and unaffected by changes in flow rate. Desorption‐step breakthrough curves (BTCs) and mass balances show full reversibility of the sorption process. However, DOM retention in GS was significant and sensitive to flow variation, indicative of nonequilibrium sorption. At lower flow rates, DOM breakthrough exhibited a change in curvature (shoulder) due to the superimposition of two BTCs representing reactive and nonreactive DOM fractions. Transport was successfully modeled assuming these two fractions governed overall DOM mobility. At higher flow rates, the BTC shoulder vanished due to reduced contact time between the DOM and the solid phase (rate‐limited sorption). Sorption of DOM on GS is accompanied by a marked rise in effluent pH, indicative of a ligand‐exchange mechanism. Recovery of DOM during desorption was incomplete due to either partially irreversible sorption or strongly rate‐limited desorption. Increased DOM mobility in the consecutive adsorption step resulted from partial blocking of sorption sites by the initial pulse of DOM.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0361-5995
,
1435-0661
DOI:
10.2136/sssaj1998.03615995006200050017x
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
1998
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