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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 181, Issue 1-3, Pages 91-104Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.04.102
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Mexican fly ash; W zeolite; Direct method; Merlinoite; Arsenic adsorption
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- institutional Cinvestav-multidisciplinary [685]
- FOMIX-Coahuila project, Mexico [62158]
- National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT), Mexico
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Coal-fired plants in Coahuila (Mexico) produce highly reactive fly ash (MFA), which is used in a one-step process as a raw material in producing zeolite. We explored two routes in the synthesis of zeolite: (a) direct MFA zeolitization, which resulted in the formation of W zeolite with KOH and analcime with NaOH and (b) a MFA fusion route, which resulted in the formation of zeolite W or chabazite with KOH and zeolite X or P with NaOH. No residual crystalline phases were present. When LiOH was employed, ABW zeolite with quartz and mullite were obtained. For both zeolitization routes, the nature of the alkali (KOH, NaOH, LiOH), the alkali/MFA ratio (0.23-1.46), and the crystallization temperature and time (90-175 degrees C; 8-24 h) were evaluated. Additionally, the effect of temperature and time on MFA fusion was studied. W zeolite was obtained by both zeolitization methods. The direct route is preferred because it is a straightforward method using soft reaction conditions that results in a high yield of low cost zeolites with large crystal agglomerates. It was demonstrated that aluminum modified W zeolite has the ability to remove 99% of the arsenic (V) from an aqueous solution of Na2HAsO4 center dot 7H(2)O originally containing 740 ppb. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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