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Competitive Adsorption of Heavy Metals from Aqueous Solution onto Oxidized Activated Carbon Fiber

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In this study, the competitive adsorption of Ni(II)–Pb(II) and Ni(II)–Zn(II) on oxidized activated carbon fiber (ACF-Ox) from aqueous solutions was studied. The experimental competitive adsorption data were interpreted by the following multicomponent adsorption isotherms: non-modified, extended, and modified Langmuir; non-modified and modified Redlich-Peterson; extended Freundlich; and Sheindorf-Rebuhn-Sheintuch. The extended Freundlich multicomponent isotherm best fitted the adsorption data for both systems Ni(II)–Pb(II) and Ni(II)–Zn(II) onto ACF-Ox. The single metal adsorption on ACF-Ox showed that the Ni(II) adsorption capacity was 1.12 times greater than that of Zn(II); however, in the competitive adsorption, the Zn(II) presented an intense antagonism to the adsorption of Ni(II) and Ni(II) to Zn(II) too. The single-adsorption isotherms of Pb(II) and Ni(II) on ACF-Ox revealed that the selectivity of Pb(II) towards ACF-Ox was slightly higher than that of the Ni(II). Nevertheless, in the competitive adsorption, the affinity of Pb(II) towards the ACF-Ox was far greater than that of the Ni(II).

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Abbreviations

a i :

Redlich-Peterson isotherm constant for metal i (L/g)

a ij :

Competition coefficient of component i by component j

b i :

Redlich-Peterson isotherm constant for metal i (L/meq)βι

C i :

Concentration of metal i in aqueous solution at equilibrium (meq/L)

C i,exp :

Experimental concentration of metal i (meq/L)

C i,F :

Final concentration of metal i in aqueous solution at equilibrium (meq/L)

C i,0 :

Initial concentration of metal i in aqueous solution (meq/L)

%D :

Average percentage deviation

K i :

Langmuir isotherm constant of metal i (L/meq)

K E,i :

Extended Langmuir multicomponent isotherm constant for component i (L/meq)

k i :

Freundlich isotherm constant for metal i (meq(1–1/n) L(1/n)/g)

m :

Mass of ACF-Ox (g)

N :

Number of metals in solution

N m :

Number of experiment data

n i :

Freundlich isotherm constant for metal i

q i :

Uptake of metal i adsorbed per mass of ACF-Ox (meq/g)

q i,j,cal :

Uptake of metal of i corresponding to data number j calculated with the multicomponent adsorption isotherm (meq/g)

q i,j,exp :

Experimental uptake of metal i corresponding to data number j (meq/g)

q m,i :

Langmuir isotherm constant for metal i (meq/g)

q max :

Constant of extended Langmuir multicomponent isotherm (meq/g)

V 0 :

Initial volume of solution (L)

x i, y i, z i :

Extended Freundlich multicomponent isotherm constants for component i

β i :

Redlich-Peterson isotherm constant for metal i

η i :

Interaction factor for metal i

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This work was funded by Fondo de Ciencia Basica SEP-CONACyT through grant no. SEP-61537 and Fondo de apoyo a la Investigación (FAI) C12-FAI-03-48.48.

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  1. Centro de Investigación y Estudios de Posgrado, Facultad de Ingeniería, UASLP, Av. Dr. Manuel Nava No. 8, SLP 78290, San Luis Potosi, Mexico

    Maria Selene Berber-Mendoza & Nahúm Andrés Medellín Castillo

  2. Centro de Investigacion y Estudios de Posgrado, Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas, Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, Av. Dr. N. Nava No. 6, SLP 78210, San Luis Potosi, Mexico

    Jesús Ivan Martínez-Costa & Roberto Leyva-Ramos

  3. Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

    Hector Javier Amezquita Garcia

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Berber-Mendoza, M.S., Martínez-Costa, J.I., Leyva-Ramos, R. et al. Competitive Adsorption of Heavy Metals from Aqueous Solution onto Oxidized Activated Carbon Fiber. Water Air Soil Pollut 229, 257 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-018-3906-y

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