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20014775

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-1-13
pubmed:abstractText
Methylated forms of arsenic (As), monomethylarsenate (MMA) and dimethylarsenate (DMA), have historically been used as herbicides and pesticides. Because of their large application to agriculture fields and the toxicity of MMA and DMA, the sorption of methylated As to soil constituents requires investigation. MMA and DMA sorption on amorphous aluminum oxide (AAO) was investigated using both macroscopic batch sorption kinetics and molecular scale extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopic techniques. Sorption isotherm studies revealed sorption maxima of 0.183, 0.145, and 0.056 mmol As/mmol Al for arsenate (As(V)), MMA, and DMA, respectively. In the sorption kinetics studies, 100% of added As(V) was sorbed within 5 min, while 78% and 15% of added MMA and DMA were sorbed, respectively. Desorption experiments, using phosphate as a desorbing agent, resulted in 30% release of absorbed As(V), while 48% and 62% of absorbed MMA and DMA, respectively, were released. FTIR and EXAFS studies revealed that MMA and DMA formed mainly bidentate binuclear complexes with AAO. On the basis of these results, it is proposed that increasing methyl group substitution results in decreased As sorption and increased As desorption on AAO.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0013-936X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
44
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
612-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Molecular scale assessment of methylarsenic sorption on aluminum oxide.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Delaware Environmental Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA. mshimizu@udel.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article