Understanding Complexation and Desorption of Copper Ion in Three Contaminated Soil Types in Palestine Using Series of Different Surfactants and Ligands

In this study we have investigated the efficiency of surfactants and ligands on cleaningartificially contaminated red, sandy and white chalk soil samples from copper ion. Variousconcentrations of four different surfactants: Triton, X-100, SDS, Tergitol and Tween 80 wereused as washing solution for remediation of contaminated soils. Different concentrations of three different ligands (I- , SCN- and EDTA) along with nonionic surfactant, Triton X-100, were applied as soil washing agents to desorb copper from artificially contaminated soils.