Interaction of arsenic species with tropical river aquatic humic substances enriched with aluminum and iron

• Published in: Environmental science and pollution research international Vol. 23; no. 7; pp. 6205 - 6216
• Main Authors: de Oliveira, Lilian Karla, Melo, Camila de Almeida, Fraceto, Leonardo Fernandes, Friese, Kurt, Rosa, André Henrique
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.04.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adsorption; Aluminum; Aluminum - chemistry; Aquatic ecosystems; Aquatic Pollution; Arsenic; Arsenic - analysis; Arsenic - chemistry; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Bioavailability; Brazil; Cations; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecotoxicology; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Environmental science; Experiments; Humic Substances - analysis; Iron; Iron - chemistry; Metal concentrations; Metals; Organic matter; Oxides - chemistry; Research Article; Rivers; Rivers - chemistry; Studies; Toxicity; Tropical Climate; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; Water Pollutants, Chemical - chemistry; Water Pollution Control; Complexation; Iron; Arsenic; Aquatic humic substances; Aluminum
• ISSN: 0944-1344; 1614-7499
• DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-5816-5

The mobility and bioavailability of arsenic (As) are strongly controlled by adsorption/precipitation processes involving metal oxides. However, the organic matter present in the environment, in combination with these oxides, can also play an important role in the cycle of arsenic. This work concerns the interaction between As and two samples of aquatic humic substances (AHS) from tropical rivers. The AHS were extracted as proposed by IHSS, and were characterized by 13 C NMR. The experiments were conducted with the AHS in natura and enriched with metal cations, with different concentrations of As, and complexation capacity was evaluated at three different pH levels (5.0, 7.0, and 9.0). The AHS samples showed similar chemical compositions. The results suggested that there was no interaction between As(III) and AHS in natura or enriched with Al. Low concentrations of As(V) were bound to AHS in natura . For As(III), the complexation capacity of the AHS enriched with Fe was approximately 48 μmol per g of C, while the values for As(V) were in the range 69–80 μmol per grams of C. Fluorescence spectra showed that changes in Eh affected the complexation reactions of As(V) species with AHS.