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Cosorption of Cu2+ and atrazine on soil
Received:January 26, 2016  
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KeyWord:Cu2+;atrazine;cosorption;adsorption;soil
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CHEN Cheng School of Chemistry and Life Science, Chengdu Normal University, Chengdu 611130, China
State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China 
 
LIU Ting-feng State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China  
SUN Cheng State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China envidean@nju.edu.cn 
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Abstract:
      Batch adsorption experiments were conducted to investigate cosorption behavior of atrazine (AT) and Cu2+ on soil. Results showed that the presence of Cu2+ significantly decreased AT adsorption on soil and the adsorption data of AT could be well described by Freundlich model (R2=0.9669). The addition of AT also reduced the adsorption amount of Cu2+ on soil, with reduction effect being greater at lower AT concentrations (< 5 mg·L-1). This might be contributed to the formation of AT-Cu2+ complex, resulting in a decrease of competitive adsorption. Langmuir equation was the most appropriate model for the adsorption process of Cu2+ under the presence of AT. When AT coexisted with Cu2+, the adsorption of both AT and Cu2+ was positively related with organic matter, which was very consistent with the result of single pollution. However, the adsorption capacities of both AT and Cu2+ were reduced by increasing ionic strength, whereas the effect was opposite when AT existed alone. The adsorption amount of Cu2+ was not very affected by pH, may due to the complex formation and buffering action of soil.