Journal
CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 301, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134677
Keywords
Kaolinite; Mechanochemical synthesis; Silicate adsorbent; Heavy metals
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Funding
- Special project of basic scientific research business expenses of Yellow River Institute of Hydraulic Research, Yellow River Conservancy Commission [HKY-JBYW-2021-03]
- Special project of basic scientific research business expenses of Yellow River Institute of Hydraulic Research, Yellow River Conservancy Commission [HKY-JBYW-2021-03]
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [HKY-JBYW-2021-03, 2019YFC1805600]
- [2019YFC1805601]
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A novel silicate-based composite material incorporating active calcium was prepared and showed excellent ability to remove heavy metals. It could efficiently adsorb Cd(II) even at neutral pH, reaching equilibrium within 30 minutes with a removal efficiency over 95%. The material also exhibited strong immobilization capacity for multiple heavy metals. These findings have great potential in environmental purification of heavy metal pollution.
A novel silicate-based composite material was simply prepared by co-milling kaolinite and calcium compounds to endow the well studied clay minerals with active calcium for efficient removal of heavy metals. Batch experiments were carried out to investigate the main affecting factors such as raw material ratio, ball milling time, contact time, etc.. Even at a neutral solution pH, the silicate adsorbent exhibited excellent performance for the adsorption of Cd(II), reaching equilibrium in 30 min with a removal efficiency over 95%, and allowed a direct discharge of the treated solution without the need of acidic neutralization as usually used in the alkaline precipitation. A set of analytical methods including SEM/EDS and 29Si MAS NMR etc. were used to analyze the adsorption mechanism of Cd(II), revealing that the adsorption process was mainly dominated by ion exchange to accommodate Cd ions inside silicate matrix, accompanied with partial hydroxide precipitation, rather than normally reported surface adsorption on pristine minerals. Furthermore, the as-prepared adsorption material exhibited similar excellent immobilization capacity for multiple heavy metals including Cu(II), Zn(II), Ni(II), Cd (II) and Mn(II). These findings provide a novel concept for the activation of the widely available cheap silicate minerals by the same widely available cheap calcium compounds and high contribution may be expected on its potentials to the environmental purification of heavy metal pollution in water and soil.
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