Understandingtheeffectsoforganicacids（OA）onthetransformationofFeandMntosurfacewaterfromtheweatheringcoalgangueisofgreatbene?ttoriskassessmentandremediationstrategiesforcontaminatedwaterandsoil.BasedontheinvestigationonsurfacewaterinthecentralcoaldistrictsoftheGuizhouProvince,18watersampleswerecollectedforheavymetalanalysis.TheresultsindicatedthatthepHvalueofsurfacewaterislow（3.11–4.92）,andFeconcentration(1.31–5.55mgL-1)andMnconcentration(1.90–5.71mgL-1)were,onaverage,10.86and34.33timesthelimitofSurfaceWaterQualityStandards,respectively.InordertoevaluatetheeffectsoftheOAonthedissolutionofFeandMnfromtheweatheringcoalgangue,columnelutionandbatchleachingexperimentswereconducted.Theresultsshowthatthelowmolecularweightoforganicacids（LMWOAs,i.e.,oxalic,tartaric,malicandcitricacids）andfulvicacidssigni?-cantlyacceleratedthedissolutionofFeandMn;inaddition,whentheconcentrationofOAreached25mmolL-1,theconcentrationsofFe,andMnwere1.14–67.08and1.11–2.32timesashighasthosein0.5mmolL-1OA,respectively.Furthermore,themigrationofFeandMnwassigni?cantlyin?uencedbythepHandEh,especiallyforFe;theionMnwasdissolvedfromtheganguemoreeasilythantheionFeinthecolumnleaching,whichwascontrarytotheresultsofbatchleaching.
