Equations to describe the amount and rate of sorption

• Published in: European journal of soil science Vol. 74; no. 2
• Main Author: Barrow, N. J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2023; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: cadmium; equations; Heterogeneity; mechanistic models; modelling; phosphate; rate of reaction; selenite; soil; Sorption; sorption plots

The partition of materials that react with soil between the solid and the solution phase, and how this changes with time, can often be described by a simple equation: S = a cb1tb2 where S is the amount sorbed, c is the solution concentration, t the time of contact, and a, b1 and b2 are parameters. H...