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Phenol removal from wastewater by adsorption on zeolitic composite

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It is well known that adsorption is an efficient method of removal of various pollutants from wastewater. The present study examines the phenol removal from water by adsorption on a new material, based on zeolitic volcanic tuff. This compound contains zeolitic tuff and cellulose, another known adsorbent, in a mass ratio of 4 to 1. The performances of the new adsorbent composite were compared with those of a widely used adsorbent material, zeolitic volcanic tuff. The adsorbent properties were tested on batch synthetic solutions containing 1–10 mg L−1 (1–10 ppm) phenol, at room temperature without pH adjustment. The influence of the adsorbent dose, pH and contact time on the removal degree of phenol from water was investigated. The experimental data were modeled using the Langmuir, Freundlich, and Temkin adsorption isotherms. The Langmuir model was found to best represent our data revealing a monolayer adsorption with a maximum adsorption capacity between 0.12 and 0.53 mg g−1 at 25 °C, for 2.00 g of adsorbent, depending on the initial phenol concentration. The adsorption kinetic study was performed using a pseudo-first- and pseudo-second-order kinetic models illustrating that phenol adsorption on zeolite composite is well described by pseudo-first kinetic equations. Our results indicated that phenol adsorption on the new adsorbent composite is superior to that on the classic zeolite.

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Acknowledgments

The author Laura Pitulice acknowledges the financial support from the strategic grant POSDRU/89/1.5/S/63663, Project “Transnational network of integrated management for postdoctoral research in the field of Science Communication/ Institutional construction (postdoctoral school) and fellowship program (CommScie)” financed under the Sectorial Operational Programme Human Resources Development (2007–2013). The authors thank Dr. Adina Negrea from the Politehnica University from Timisoara and Dr. Dudas Zoltan from the Chemistry Institute of the Romanian Academy from Timisoara for their valuable help in the adsorbents characterization.

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  1. Department of Biology–Chemistry, West University of Timisoara, 16 Pestalozzi, Timisoara, Romania

    Otilia Bizerea Spiridon, Elena Preda, Alexandru Botez & Laura Pitulice

  2. Laboratory of Advanced Researches in Environmental Protection (LCAM), 4 Oituz, 300086, Timisoara, Romania

    Otilia Bizerea Spiridon & Laura Pitulice

  3. University of Iasi, 11 Carol I, 700506, Iasi, Romania

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Bizerea Spiridon, O., Preda, E., Botez, A. et al. Phenol removal from wastewater by adsorption on zeolitic composite. Environ Sci Pollut Res 20, 6367–6381 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-013-1625-x

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