In order to understand the adsorptive selectivities of heavy metal species on constituents of soil, adsorptions ofheavy metal ions (Cd
2+, Co
2+, Cu
2+, Ni
2+, Pb
2+ and Zn
2+) on a variable charge material, silica which have a surfacefunctional group, Si-OH, were investigated as a function of the solution pH, . The comparative sorption study with Ca2+were also carried out in the similar manners. The adsorptive affinities of the divalent metal ions on silica were numberedwith intrinsic surface complexation constants (
K1m (int)) calculated approximately from the adsorptive data using aconstant capacitance model. Experiments of Cd and Pb adsorptions were carried out in a 0.1 mol L
-1 (M) NaNO3background solution because a chemical speciation model, SOILCHEM estimated that each proportion of free ions of themetals would be low in a 0.1 M NaCl background solution. The other metal's adsorption experiments used a 0.1 M NaCl background solution. The higher pH the suspension raised, the more heavy metal ions were adsorbed. The adsorptionsof the heavy metals increased rapidly from 0 to 100 % in narrow pH range (about 2 pH units). The heavy metal ionsdiffered from Ca
2+ in their great adsorptions at higher pH. Judging from the
K1m (int) of each divalent metal ion, theselective order for the metal adsorption by silica was Pb > Cu > Zn > Ni > Cd > Co > Ca. In addition of the data for Fe
2+and Mn
2+ in my previous study (Saeki, 2004), the order of the nine metals was Pb > Cu > Fe > Zn > Ni > Cd > Mn > Co > Ca.
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