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Preparation and adsorption characteristics for heavy metals of active silicon adsorbent from leaching residue of lead-zinc tailings

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To comprehensively reuse the leaching residue obtained from lead-zinc tailings, an active silicon adsorbent (ASA) was prepared from leaching residue and studied as an adsorbent for copper(II), lead(II), zinc(II), and cadmium(II) in this paper. The ASA was prepared by roasting the leaching residue with either a Na2CO3/residue ratio of 0.6:1 at 700 °C for 1 h or a CaCO3/residue ratio of 0.8:1 at 800 °C for 1 h. Under these conditions, the available SiO2 content of the ASA was more than 20%. The adsorption behaviors of the metal ions onto the ASA were investigated and the Langmuir, Freundlich, and Dubinin-Radushkevich isotherm models were used to analyze the adsorption isotherm. The result showed that the maximum adsorption capacities of copper(II), lead(II), cadmium(II), and zinc(II) calculated by the Langmuir model were 3.40, 2.83, 0.66, and 0.62 mmol g−1, respectively. The FT-IR spectra of the ASA and the mean free adsorption energies indicated that ion exchange was the mechanism of copper(II), lead(II), and cadmium(II) adsorption and that chemical reaction was the mechanism of zinc(II) adsorption. These results provide a method for reusing the leaching residue obtained from lead-zinc tailings and show that the ASA is an effective adsorbent for heavy metal pollution remediation.

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This work was supported by Guangdong provincial science and technology program (No. 2014B090901040, 2015B090922005), National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41503116), Guangdong Natural Science Funds for Distinguished Young Scholar (No. S2013050014122), “Guangdong Te Zhi program” youth science and technology talent of project (No. 2014TQ01Z262), and Guangzhou science and technology program (201607020003). This is contribution No. IS-2536 from GIGCAS.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, People’s Republic of China

    Chang Lei, Bo Yan, Tao Chen & Xian-Ming Xiao

  2. The Environmental Research Institute, MOE Key Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry of Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, People’s Republic of China

    Bo Yan & Tao Chen

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Lei, C., Yan, B., Chen, T. et al. Preparation and adsorption characteristics for heavy metals of active silicon adsorbent from leaching residue of lead-zinc tailings. Environ Sci Pollut Res 25, 21233–21242 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-2194-9

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