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Preparation of iron, aluminium, calcium, magnesium, and zinc humates for environmental applications

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A few non-conventional humate sorbents, i.e. iron humate (FeH), aluminium humate (AlH), calcium humate (CaH), magnesium humate (MgH), and zinc humate (ZnH), were prepared from a commercial product Fortehum L/K (Humatex, Bílina, Czech Republic). The metal content in humates was determined by X-ray fluorescence analysis, the organic elements (C, H, N, and S) were analysed by an Elementar Vario III and the functional groups were determined by classical methods using KBr pellets and diffuse reflection infrared spectroscopy (DRIFTS). FeH, AlH, and ZnH were tested as sorbents for the removal of inorganic or organic pollutants (metals, inorganic ions, dyes, and chlorophenols) from waste water. Sorption properties decreased in order: ZnH, AlH, FeH. CaH and MgH are partly soluble and therefore they are not usable as sorbents. However, their ion-exchange abilities for heavy metals are excellent which makes them usable for phytoremediation and bioremediation.

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  1. Faculty of Environment, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, Králova výšina 7, 40096, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic

    Sylvie Kříženecká, Stanislav Hejda & Josef Trögl

  2. Institute of Chemical Technology, Technická 5, 166 28, Prague 6, Czech Republic

    Vladimír Machovič

  3. Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, V Holešovičkách 41, 182 09, Prague 8, Czech Republic

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Kříženecká, S., Hejda, S., Machovič, V. et al. Preparation of iron, aluminium, calcium, magnesium, and zinc humates for environmental applications. Chem. Pap. 68, 1443–1451 (2014). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11696-014-0586-y

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