Documents the status of adsorption research for a variety of metals by geomedia ranging from individual minerals to sediments and soils. This book examines factors affecting the extent of metal adsorption, including the effects of selected anions, competition among metals, pH, metal concentration, loading and variable metal adsorption capacity.

Offers a review of the field, followed by numerous chapters that document the status of adsorption research for a variety of metals by geomedia ranging from individual minerals to sediments and soils. This book details adsorption mechanisms and presents precipitation as a distinct sorption process.