Estudo da adsorção de níquel (II) e zinco (II) em soluções aquosas por lama vermelha natural e ativada: influência do PH, isotermas, cinética e termodinâmica

• Autor(a) principal: Pichinelli, Beatriz Cestaro [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/132663; http://www.athena.biblioteca.unesp.br/exlibris/bd/cathedra/15-12-2015/000855240.pdf
• topic: Lama vermelha; Metais pesados; Adsorção; Movimento; Termodinamica; Red mud

This study aimed to characterize the properties of natural Brazilian red mud, heat treated red mud at 400ºC and chemically treated red mud by hydrochloric acid (HCI) and calcium nitrate (Ca(NO3)2), and evaluate its adsorption capacity for nickel (Nr2+) and zinc (Zn2+) in aqueous. Influence of pH variation in adsorption process was analyzed, finding pH 7, among studied values, as the ideal for adsorption. Also adsorption tests varying Nr2+ and Zn2+ initial concentrations were performed, at pH 5-5,5, and adsorption isotherms adjusted by Freundlich and Langmuir models were prepared. As a result, red mud was considered an effective Nr2+ and Zn2+ adsorbent. The thermally activated red mud showed the highest adsorption capacity for both metals, presenting maximum adsorption values of 1.86 mmol/g for Nr2+ and 1.43 mmol/g for Zn2+. Furthermore, the equilibration time of seven hours was found and pseudo -first order, pseudo-second order, Elovich and intraparticle diffusion models were used to study the kinetics, at pH 5-5,5. The results showed reaction of adsorption followed the pseudo-second order model. Also thermodynamic studies, at pH 5-5,5, were conducted, which indicated adsorption reaction is endothermic and the metals have affinity to red mud. Thus, it was concluded that red mud has potential to be used as an adsorbent of low acquisition cost for treatment of effluents contaminated by metals