Journal
APPLIED CLAY SCIENCE
Volume 132, Issue -, Pages 343-352Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2016.06.028
Keywords
Phosphate; Fly ash; Palygorskite; Adsorption; Surface complexation modeling; Generalized composite approach
Funding
- NSFC Grant [51002080, 51310105009]
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control [KFK1505]
- PAPD program of Jiangsu Province
- JSNSF Grant [BK20141479]
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In this study, a class F fly ash and palygorskite have been acid-modified and then evaluated for the adsorption of phosphate in aqueous solution via bench-scale batch experiments. XRD, XRF, SEM, and FTIR were employed to characterize the acid-modified fly ash (MFA) and palygorskite (MPaI). Both MFA and MPaI show enhanced phosphate adsorption after the modification treatment. The effects of pH, adsorbent dosage, and co-ions on phosphate adsorption, as well as adsorption thermodynamics and kinetics, and leaching features of spent (used) adsorbents were also investigated. The isotherms data fit well with the Langmuir model rather than the Freundlich model, giving maximum capacities (298 K) of 13.3 mg P g(-1) for MFA and 10.5 mg P g(-1), for MPaI, respectively. Surface complexation modeling of P adsorption data with the nonelectrostatic generalized composite (GC) approach indicates that phosphate were directly bound to the metal centers by ligand exchange to form two monodentate complexes, equivalent to SHPO4- and equivalent to SPO42-. The GC model appears to be an easy and efficient tool to provide an insight into the mechanism of phosphate adsorption on complex adsorbents with limited model parameters. Leaching test results suggest that the spent adsorbents can be safely disposed or further reused. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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