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Heavy metal adsorption on iron oxide and iron oxide-coated silica ...

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34pH range of 4 to 7. <str<strong>on</strong>g>Heavy</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>metal</str<strong>on</strong>g>s may exist at trace level in natural aquatic systems (10-11-10-7 M, Buerge-Weirich et al. 2002; Nolan et al. 2002) <strong>and</strong> may be at much higherc<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong>s in industrial wastewater discharge <strong>and</strong> c<strong>on</strong>tanimated sites. To developmodels that can be widely applicable, <str<strong>on</strong>g>adsorpti<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> data will be collected over as broad a<str<strong>on</strong>g>metal</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong> range as possible from approximately 10 -11 M up to less than itssolubility limit.In the following chapters, methods to achieve the objectives <strong>and</strong> corresp<strong>on</strong>dingresults are presented.

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