The adsorption and interaction of long-chain fatty acids and heavy metals at the mercury electrode/sodium chloride solution interface |
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| Authors: | Damir Krznari? Bo?ena ?osovi? Zlata Kozarac |
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| Institution: | Center for Marine Research Zagreb, “Rudjer Bo?kovi?” Institute, Zagreb, Croatia Yugoslavia |
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| Abstract: | The reduction of heavy metals (cadmium, lead and zinc) in the presence of long-chain fatty acids (lauric, oleic and linoleic) in 0.55 mol dm?3 NaCl and 0.03 mol dm?3 NaHCO3 at pH 8.7 has been studied by differential pulse polarography. The increase of the peak height of investigated metals by up to tenfold the value obtained in electrolyte without fatty acid is due to adsorption of metal ions at the electrode surface. The accumulation of metal increases with the increase of adsorption time (at potentials more positive than the reduction potential of the particular metal) and with increase of salinity. The heavy-metal adsorption depends on the concentrations of both metal ions and fatty acids. The interaction of heavy metals with the unsaturated fatty acids in the bulk and/or in the adsorbed layer at different natural interfaces could be of considerable importance in an understanding of the fate and distribution of heavy metals in the natural aquatic environment. |
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