Adsorption of As, B, Cr, Mo and Se from coal fly ash leachate by Fe3+ modified bentonite clay | Zendy

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Adsorption of As, B, Cr, Mo and Se from coal fly ash leachate by Fe3+ modified bentonite clay

Author(s) -

Vhahangwele Masindi,

Gitari W. Mugera,

Hlanganani Tutu

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of water reuse and desalination

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.548

H-Index - 16

eISSN - 2408-9370

pISSN - 2220-1319

DOI - 10.2166/wrd.2015.207

Subject(s) - fly ash , bentonite , adsorption , leachate , langmuir , freundlich equation , chemistry , langmuir adsorption model , nuclear chemistry , coal , environmental chemistry , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , engineering

Fly ash contains the potentially toxic elements As, B, Cr, Mo and Se which upon contact with water may be leached to contaminate surface and subsurface water bodies. This study aims to evaluate the adsorption of these elements from coal fly ash leachates on Fe 3+ -modified bentonite (Fe-Bent); such modification improved the physicochemical properties of bentonite clay. For optimization of adsorption of the five elements, the effects of time, adsorbent dosage, adsorbate concentration, and pH were optimized. Adsorption affinity of oxyanions followed in the order B = Se > Mo > Cr = As. Experimental data fitted well to Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption isotherms.

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