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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 154, Issue 1-3, Pages 1066-1074Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2007.11.030
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orange waste; arsenic; adsorption; ligand exchange; elution
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Orange waste, produced during juicing has been loaded with zirconium(IV) so as to examine its adsorption behavior for both As(V) and As(III) from an aquatic environment. Immobilization of zirconium onto the orange waste creates a very good adsorbent for arsenic. Adsorption kinetics of As(V) at different concentrations are well described in terms of pseudo-second-order rate equation with respect to adsorption capacity and correlation coefficients. Arsenate was strongly adsorbed in the pH range from 2 to 6, while arsenite was strongly adsorbed between pH 9 and 10. Moreover, equimolar (0.27 mM) addition of other anionic species such as chloride, carbonate, and sulfate had no influence on the adsorption of arsenate and arsenite. The maximum adsorption capacity of the Zr(IV)-loaded SOW gel was evaluated as 88 mg/g and 130 mg/g for As(V) and As(III), respectively. Column adsorption tests suggested that complete removal of arsenic was achievable at up to 120 Bed Volumes (BV) for As(V) and 80 BV for As(HI). Elution of both arsenate and arsenite was accomplished using I M NaOH without any leakage of the loaded zirconium. Thus this efficient and abundant bio-waste could be successfully employed for the remediation of an aquatic environment polluted with arsenic. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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