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1971, E. K. Duursma, M. G. Gross, Chapter Six: Marine Sediments and Radioactivity, National Research Council (U.S.) Committee on Oceanography Panel on Radioactivity in the Marine Environment, Radioactivity in the marine environment, page 148, In sediments with large cation exchange capacities, as calculated from the mineral composition (Duursma and Eisma, unpublished), the radionuclides were somewhat more strongly sorbed (Figure 2).
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The exchange of pesticide compounds between aqueous solution and the sorbed phase in soils is not instantaneous.
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The quantity sorbed is often found to be well represented by the combination of a compartment exhibiting linear, reversible sorption and a compartment that exhibits nonlinear and thermodynamic irreversib[l]e sorption.
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As contaminated water or air flows through GAC, contaminants sorb (stick) to the GAC surface and are removed. […] It also sorbs low levels of some types of metals. […] The “spent” GAC may be replaced with fresh GAC or regenerated to remove the sorbed contaminants.
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