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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 170, Issue 2-3, Pages 1086-1092Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.05.070
Keywords
Layered double hydroxides (LDHs); Friedel's salt; Cr(VI) fixation; Adsorption/exchange; Chromate hydrocalumite
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Funding
- National Nature Science Foundation of China [20477024, 20677037]
- Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project [S30109]
- Australian Research Council for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials
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Friedel's salt (3CaO center dot Al2O3 center dot CaCl2 center dot 10H(2)O or Ca4Al2(OH)(12)Cl-2(H2O)(4)) is a calcium aluminate hydrate formed by hydrating cement or concrete in seawater at a low cost. In the current study, we carefully examined the adsorption behaviors of Friedel's salt for Cr(VI) from aqueous solution at different concentrations and various initial pHs. The adsorption kinetic data are well fitted with the pseudo-first-order Lageren equation at the initial Cr(VI) concentration from 0.10 to 8.00 mM. Both the experimental and modeled data indicate that Friedel's salt can adsorb a large amount of Cr(VI) (up to 1.4 mmol Cr(VI)/g) very quickly (t(1/2) = 2-3 min) with a very high efficiency (>99% Cr(VI) removal at [Cr] < 4.00 mM with 4.00 g/L of adsorbent) in the pH range of 4-10. In particular, the competitive adsorption tests show that the Cr(VI) removal efficiency is only slightly affected by the co-existence of Cl- and HCO3-. The Cr(VI)-fixation stability tests show that only less than 0.2% adsorbed Cr(VI) is leaching out in water at pH 4-10 for 24 h because the adsorption/exchange of Cr(VI) with Friedel's salt leads to the formation of a new stable phase (3CaO center dot Al2O3 center dot CaCrO4 center dot 10H(2)O). This research thus suggests that Friedel's salt is a potential cost-effective adsorbent for Cr(VI) removal in wastewater treatment. (C) 2009 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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