Journal
WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION
Volume 148, Issue 1-4, Pages 111-125Publisher
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025401927023
Keywords
adsorption isotherm; cadmium; chromium; copper; counter-ion; lead; nickel; zinc
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The adsorption characteristics of heavy metals: cadmium(II), chromium(III), copper(II), nickel(II), lead(II), and zinc(II) ions by kaolin (kaolinite) and ballclay (illite) from Thailand were studied. This research was focussed on the pH, adsorption isotherms of single-metal solutions at 30-60 degreesC by batch experiments, and on ion selectivity in mixed and binary combination solutions. It was found that, except Ni, metal adsorption increased with increased pH of the solutions and their adsorption followed both Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms. Adsorption of metals in the mixture solutions by kaolin was: Cr > Zn > Cu approximate to Cd approximate to Ni > Pb, and for ballclay was: Cr > Zn > Cu > Cd approximate to Pb > Ni. The adsorption of metals was endothermic, with the exception of Cd, Pb and Zn for kaolin, Cu and Zn for ballclay. Kaolin and ballclay exhibited relatively hard Lewis base adsorption site. The presence of other metals may reduce or promote the adsorption of heavy metals. The presence of Cr3+ induced the greatest reduction of metal adsorption onto kaolin, as did the presence of Cu2+ for ballclay.
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