Preferred Abstract (Original):
In
this paper, adsorption features were studied in detail in three soil
samples from Palestine. The samples were red soil, chalk soil and sandy
soil, according to the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
scale for the classification of soil. Adsorption rates on soil samples
were calculated from kinetic studies. The values varied based on the
type of soil.
Maximum specific
adsorption capacities qmax) for soil samples using the Langmuir model,
were as follows: 0.387 (red soil), 0.281 (chalk soil), and 0.075 (sandy
soil) in mg/g of endosulfan.
Maximum adsorption
was measured in the red soil followed by the chalk soil, but it was
lowest in the sandy soil. Also, the proportion of organic matter plays a
major role in adsorption on soil samples.
There
was a significant reduction in the process of adsorption in the soil
samples, in parallel with the decline in pH, and increasing adsorption
with increase in concentration of pesticides.
Finally,
the results showed that endosulfan mobility is more possible in the
sandy soil followed by red, followed by chalk soil. This may be
attributed to the crystal lattices of the clay minerals in the red soil,
which plays an important role in both processes of adsorption, as it
could be a major role for the chemical and biological processes that
play a role in the clay and sandy soil samples.