Adsorption of Humic Substances onto Kaolin Clay Related to Their Structural Features
Gerd U. Balcke*,a,
Natalia A. Kulikovab,
Sebastian Hessec,
Frank-Dieter Kopinkea,
Irina V. Perminovab and
Fritz H. Frimmelc
a Dep. of Remediation Res., Centre for Environm. Res., Leipzig-Halle GmbH, Permoserstr. 15, D-04318 Leipzig., Germany
b Dep. of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State Univ., Leninskie Gory, 119899 Moscow, Russia
c Univ. of Karlsruhe, Engler-Bunte Inst., Engler-Bunte-Ring 1, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany

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Fig. 1. Adsorption-desorption isotherms of humic substance (HS) of different origin onto Na-kaolin clay.
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Fig. 2. Three-dimensional visualization of maximum organic C sorption (b) of 11 humic substances on kaolin claycomparison between measured (black dots) and predicted values (plane) from humic surface charge (Z) and average molecular weight (MW) according to Eq. [3].
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