Abstract
The distribution and circulation of chemical species in natural water are affected by physicochemical processes during water-mineral (rock) interactions. The physicochemical processes involve dissolution, precipitation, redox reaction and adsorption, etc. Among them, adsorption is believed to be the most important process for governing the chemistry of natural water. In addition to the simple role for removal of the dissolved species from solution, adsorption process initiates the many other physicochemical processes such as dissolution, precipitation, transformation and redox reaction, etc. In present paper, I introduce how the adsorption process can affect the physicochemical processes and summarize the new challenges with this topic.
