Assertion: sediment | /r/HasProperty | characterized as a dual-function sorbent
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text: The soil or sediment, then, is characterized as a dual-function sorbent, in which the mineral matter sorbs the contaminant by adsorption while the SOM sorbs the contaminant by a partition process (Chiou and others, 1983; Chiou and Shoup, 1985; Chiou and others, 1985).