TY - JOUR AU - Fuentes, Bárbara AU - Mora, María de la Luz AU - Bol, Roland AU - San Martin, Francisca AU - Pérez, Elizabeth AU - Cartes, Paula TI - Sorption of inositol hexaphosphate on desert soils JO - Geoderma VL - 232-234 SN - 0016-7061 CY - Amsterdam [u.a.] PB - Elsevier Science M1 - FZJ-2014-05617 SP - 573 - 580 PY - 2014 AB - Sorption of inositol hexaphosphate (IP6) on desert soils was studied to evaluate their use as a novel low-cost sorbent material for organic P removal in water treatment. The kinetics of IP6 sorption, pH effects, and sorption isotherms were examined in batch experiments on four desert saline–sodic soils: Antofagasta (AN), Mejillones (ME), Aguas Blancas I (ABI), and Aguas Blancas II (ABII). The sorption kinetics of inositol hexaphosphate expressed as P (P-IP6) on these soils were described by the Elovich equation and the initial sorption velocities ranked in the order: ABII > ABI > ME > AN. In addition, P-IP6 sorption capacity in AN, ME, and ABI was strongly influenced by the solution pH, but in ABII it was not pH-dependent. Whereas the experimental data of P-IP6 sorption on ME, ABI, and ABII were better fitted by the Langmuir equation (implying a homogenous distribution of active sorption sites), for AN the best fit was obtained with the Freundlich model (implying heterogeneous, multi-layered sorption surfaces). The maximum P-IP6 sorption capacities ranked: ABII > ME > AN > ABI. Based on the results of our study, ABII soil is recommended for P-IP6 removal. In this soil, P-IP6 sorption did not depend on solution pH, and the precipitation and sorption of IP6 were associated with Ca2 +, Mg2 +, and minerals such as montmorillonite and vermiculite. LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16 UR - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000340315700055 DO - DOI:10.1016/j.geoderma.2014.06.016 UR - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/172073 ER -