... of heavy metal ions on soils and soil con-stituents is influenced by a variety of parameters, the mostimportant ones being pH, type and speciation of metal ioninvolved, heavy metal competition, ... 2004Available online 24 April 2004AbstractThe article focuses on adsorption of heavy metal ions on soils and soils constituents such as clay minerals, metal (hydr)oxides, and soil or-ganic ... parameters controlling heavy metal adsorption and their distribution between soil and water are soil type, metal speciation, metal concentration, soil pH,solid: solution mass ratio, and contact time [16–20].Ingen-eral,...