. 2001. Sorption of cadmium on humic acid: Mechanistic and kinetic studies with atomic force microscopy and X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy. Can. J. Soil Sci. 81: 337-348. Humic acids (HA) constitute a major fraction of the organic matter in soils and sediments. Little is known about the kinetics and mechanisms of Cd sorption by HAs, especially those pertaining to the surface features and structure of the Cd-humate complexes. We investigated Cd sorption by HA using the conventional batch method, N 2 -BET method, atomic force microscopy (AFM), and extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy to gain a better understanding of the kinetics and mechanisms. Cadmium sorption by HA can be described by the parabolic diffusion equation. The increase in the apparent diffusion coefficient with an increase in the initial Cd concentration was less pronounced at higher initial Cd concentrations, apparently due to an enhancement in aggregation of the Cd-humate complexes. The HA before and after Cd sorption at Cd concentrations ≤ 10 -6 M in different reaction times was spheroidal in shape. The Cd-humate complexes formed at 10 -4 and 10 -3 M Cd gradually changed to resemble the shape of a bean with increasing reaction time, thereby substantially decreasing their specific surface. Cadmium ions raveled the spheroidal HA particles into a bean-like structure by coordinating to six O atoms from the functional groups of HA, with a Cd-O distance of 2.297(2) Å. The Cd-O bond strength decreased with increasing initial Cd concentration.Key words: Cadmium, humate complexes, conformation, atomic force microscopy, EXAFS Liu, C., Frenkel, A. I., Vairavamurthy, A. et Huang, P. M. 2001. Étude de la mécanique et de la cinétique de la sorption du cadmium par l'acide humique au moyen de la microscopie à force atomique et de la spectroscopie des structures fines par absorption des rayons X. Can. J. Soil Sci. 81: 337-348. Les acides humiques (AH) constituent une bonne partie de la matière organique présente dans le sol et les sédiments. On sait peu de choses sur la cinétique et la mécanique de la sorption du Cd par les AH, surtout en relation avec les propriétés de la surface et la structure des complexes Cd-humate. Les auteurs ont étudié la sorption du Cd par les AH selon la méthode par lots traditionnelle, la technique N 2 -BET, la microscopie à force atomique (MFA) et une variante de la spectroscopie des structures fines par absorption des rayons X (EXAFS) dans l'espoir de mieux comprendre la cinétique et la mécanique du phénomène. L'équation de diffusion parabolique décrit la sorption du cadmium par les AH. La hausse du coefficient de diffusion apparent associée à l'augmentation de la concentration initiale de Cd est moins importante quand la concentration initiale de Cd est plus élevée. On le doit apparemment à une meilleure agrégation des complexes Cd-humate. Les AH présentent une forme sphéroïdale avant et après la sorption du Cd (concentration ≤ 10-6 M) à divers temps de réaction. Les complexes Cd-humate qui voi...
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