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The removal of 4-chlorophenol from aqueous solutions by both a Mexican clinoptilolite-heulandite zeolitic rock and the modified zeolitic material with the surfactant hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (HDTMABr), using batch and packed-bed (column) configurations, was investigated. The unmodified zeolitic rock did not show any adsorption of 4-chlorophenol. The effects of pH, contact time and concentration of 4-chlorophenol on the adsorption process by the surfactant modified material were examined. The sorption of 4-chlorophenol was not affected by the pH range from 4 to 9.5. 4-chlorophenol retention reached equilibrium in about 18 h and the rate of 4-chorophenol adsorption by the modified material was faster in the first 10 h than later. The experimental data were treated with the models: pseudo-first order, pseudo-second order, fractional power and Elovich models. Although, the last three gave correlation coefficients higher than 0.96, the pseudo-second order model was the best to describe the reaction rate. The experimental data follow a linear isotherm which is characteristic for sorption of organic solutes by the partition mechanism. The Bed Depth-Service Time Model was applied to the sorption results in order to model the column operation. The results showed that the surfactant modified zeolitic rock could be considered as a potential adsorbent for 4-chlorophenol removal from aqueous solutions.
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We acknowledge financial support from CONACyT, projects 46219 and 12445 (Fondos Mixtos CONACYT-Gobierno del Estado de Michoacán).
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Cortés-Martínez, R., Solache-Ríos, M., Martínez-Miranda, V. et al. Sorption Behavior of 4-Chlorophenol from Aqueous Solutions By a Surfactant-modified Mexican Zeolitic Rock in Batch and Fixed Bed Systems. Water Air Soil Pollut 183, 85–94 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-007-9358-4
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