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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 139, Issue 3, Pages 443-446Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2006.02.039
Keywords
hydroxyapatite; lead; adsorption
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The capacity of hydroxyapatite (HAp) to remove lead from aqueous solution was investigated under different conditions, namely initial metal ion concentration and reaction time. The sorption of lead from solutions containing initial concentrations from 0 to 8000 mg/L was studied for three different HAp powders. Soluble Ph and Ca monitoring during the experiment allows characterizing the mechanism of lead uptake. Dissolution of calcium is followed by the formation of a solid solution, PbxCa10-x(PO4)(6)(OH)(2), with a Ca/P ratio decreasing continuously. Langmuir-Freundlich classical adsorption isotherms modeled adsorption data. The adsorption capacities calculated from this equation vary from 330 to 450 mg Pb/g HAp for the different solids. Modeling of the sorption process allows to determine theoretical saturation times and residual lead concentrations at equilibrium. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V All rights reserved.
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