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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Volume 79, Issue 3, Pages 298-304Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2005.07.009
Keywords
zinc uptake; kinetic models; clinoptilolite; heterogeneous diffusion
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The kinetics of uptake of zinc ions from aqueous solutions by natural zeolitic tuff has been investigated. Batch experiments at constant temperature and hydrodynamic conditions have been performed. A decrease in the initial zinc concentration in aqueous solutions prolongs the time needed for equilibrium. Various kinetic models including the film-diffusion model, the surface diffusion model and the heterogeneous diffusion model have been tested for the description of the experimental results of zinc concentration in the solution over time. Diffusion through the film and diffusion through the surface of the particle could be the rate limiting steps at the initial reaction time. However, the heterogeneous diffusion model seems to be the best model providing a satisfactory fitting of the experimental results from the beginning of the process to the point of equilibrium, particularly at lower initial zinc concentrations. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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