Adsorption of heavy metals on stream sediments has important implications for the fate and transport of contaminants in subsurface ecosystems. Lead (Pb) is a potentially hazardous heavy metal that is found in high amounts in anthropogenic environments, especially aquatic ecosystems. The key mechanisms for distributing this metal in the environment are adsorption and desorption in stream to sediment, and vice versa. Therefore, this work is mainly focused on the study of the influence of amorphous Fe/Al-oxyhydroxides and soil organic matter (SOM) on the adsorption of Pb onto natural stream sediment. Spiking adsorption experiments were carried out with four types of samples namely, untreated dried sediment, Fe/Al-oxyhydroxides depleted sediment, SOM depleted sediment and both Fe/Al as well as SOM depleted sediment in the pH range of 3.0 to 8.0. The results showed that Pb adsorption was reduced by up to 45% in amorphous Fe/Al-oxyhydroxide depleted sediment at pH 4.0 to 6.0, whereas a similar adsorption reduction was observed in SOM depleted sediment at pH 6.5 to 7.5. Maximum Pb adsorption was reduced by up to 75% in both amorphous Fe/Al-oxyhydroxides and SOM depleted sediment samples at pH ranges ranging from 3.0 to 7.0. Furthermore, it was shown that SOM was most significant at pH 6.5, while Fe/Al-oxyhydroxides were more important when pH was > 6.5 for the Pb adsorption in natural stream sediment.
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