Utilization of surface modified phyllosilicate mineral for heavy metals removal from aqueous solutions

The objective of this work is to enhance the adsorbing performance of the natural Egyptian phyllosilicate mineral, glauconite (greensand), through surface modification to obtain a particular combination of physical and chemical properties. It was found that Zn removal increased from 84% to 94%, whil...

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Published in:Egyptian journal of petroleum 2018-09, Vol.27 (3), p.393-401
Main Authors: Selim, Khaled A., El-Tawil, Rasha Smair, Rostom, Merit
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adsorption
Equilibrium isotherms
Glauconite
Heavy metals
Surface modification
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Summary:The objective of this work is to enhance the adsorbing performance of the natural Egyptian phyllosilicate mineral, glauconite (greensand), through surface modification to obtain a particular combination of physical and chemical properties. It was found that Zn removal increased from 84% to 94%, while Pb removal varied from 96.67% to 99% by using 10–25g/l modified glauconite in a solution having 50mg/l Zn2+ and 30mg/l pb2+ ions. Adsorption data were investigated using Langmuir, Freundlich, Temkin and Dubinin–Radushkevich isotherms. Linear regression methods are used to determine adsorption capacities and optimum adsorption isotherms. R2 value of Langmuir isotherm model for pb2+ is higher than other models. The maximum monolayer coverage (Qo) from Langmuir isotherm model was calculated to be 15.363 and 21.654mg/g and the separation factor indicating a favorable sorption experiment is 0.0324 and 0.13207 for Zn2+ and Pb2+ respectively. Also from Freundlich isotherm model, the intensities of adsorption (n) that indicated favorable sorption are 1.3036 and 1.364 for Zn2+ and Pb2+ respectively. The heat of sorption process was calculated from Temkin isotherm model to be 6.44101 and 4.1353J/mol for Zn2+ and Pb2+ respectively, that indicated to the physisorption process which B
ISSN:1110-0621
DOI:10.1016/j.ejpe.2017.07.003