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Studies on Adsorption Characteristics of Al-Free and Al-Substituted Goethite for Heavy Metal Ion Cr(VI)

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In the present paper, α-FeOOH and α-Fe(Al)OOH were prepared, and the adsorption of Cr(VI) on the two samples was investigated. The influence of pH, initial concentration, and some anions such as SO4 2−, H2PO4 −, C2O4 2−, CO3 2−, and SiO3 2− on the adsorption of Cr(VI) on α-FeOOH and α-Fe(Al)OOH was studied by batch techniques. The results show that the adsorption capacity of Cr(VI) on α-Fe(Al)OOH increases with the introduction of aluminum, but decreases with the increase of pH. The adsorption irreversibility of Cr(VI) on α-Fe(Al)OOH is much higher than that on pure α-FeOOH. The adsorbed Cr(VI) species mainly exists in the form of *Fe(wk)-OHCrO4 2− on the surface of the samples. With the presence of SiO3 2−, CO3 2−, C2O4 2−, SO4 2−, and H2PO4 −, the binding of Cr(VI) is inhibited by different degree. The inhibition of those anions is larger in the pure goethite than that in the Al-substituted goethite system. After Al was introduced into α-FeOOH, Cr(VI) ions are preferentially adsorbed on Al sites rather than Fe sites on α-Fe(Al)OOH.

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The authors are grateful to the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21277040 and 21477032).

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    Chunyan Ni, Shan Liu, Huanling Wang, Hui Liu & Rufen Chen

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Ni, C., Liu, S., Wang, H. et al. Studies on Adsorption Characteristics of Al-Free and Al-Substituted Goethite for Heavy Metal Ion Cr(VI). Water Air Soil Pollut 228, 40 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-016-3164-9

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