Modeling copper partitioning in surface waters |
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Authors: | Bo Shi Herbert E Allen Marco T Grassi Huizhong Ma |
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Affiliation: | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA |
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Abstract: | Suspended particulate matter from the surface waters of the Susquehanna, Christina and Brandywine Rivers was collected by tangential flow filtration to study copper partitioning. Copper adsorption increased with an increase of suspended particles and decreased with low pH values or with an increase of dissolved organic matter. Effects of particulate organic matter on copper distribution between suspended particulate and solution phases were studied using modified aluminum oxide. An increase of particulate organic matter enhanced copper adsorption. Copper adsorption per mass of particulate organic carbon was similar for the different sources of suspended particles. A model, based on copper adsorption on particles and complexation with dissolved organic matter, was developed to assess copper partition coefficient as a function of the easily measurable water quality parameters: pH, alkalinity, dissolved organic carbon and particulate organic matter. The partitioning model was calibrated on pH edge data using suspended particles collected from the three rivers. The model was verified using partitioning data as a function of dissolved organic matter. The model adequately describes the system containing natural suspended solids collected from the surface waters. |
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Keywords: | partitioning particulate matter copper organic matter adsorption |
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