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ANALYTICAL LETTERS
Volume 44, Issue 11, Pages 1891-1906Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2010.539731
Keywords
Acetylacetone; Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms; Metals; Pulp wastewater; Solid phase extraction
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- CSIR through Forestry and Forest Products Research Centre in Durban
- CSIR-FFP/SAPPI-SAICCOR under Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa
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A preconcentration procedure using solid phase extraction of heavy metals in pulp wastewater is reported. The procedure was optimized by using model solutions of selected heavy metals to investigate the effect of matrix constituents. Equilibrium studies highlighted the bonding and adsorption characteristics. The metal recoveries after spiking pulp waste filtrate with Cu, Ni, and Pb each at 0.1 and 0.2 ppm was 120, 91, and 93%, respectively. The Freundlich adsorption isotherms with correlation coefficients (R-2) 0.612, 0.810, and 0.750, showed a better fit compared to Langmuir isotherm values of 0.277, 0.389, and 0.272 for Cu, Mn, and Fe, respectively.
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