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Heavy metal removal from aqueous solution by granular hydrated Portland cement

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Granular hydrated Portland cement (HPC) was prepared as adsorbent to remove heavy metals in aqueous solution. Batch experiment results confirmed that heavy metals were removed through a combination of adsorption and precipitation. Adsorption played a more important role in the initial stage of the removal process or at lower concentrations of the heavy metals. After adsorption equilibrium was obtained in two days, the removal process continued for about three days due to the precipitation. Besides precipitation, the maximum Langmuir adsorption capacity reached 132.27, 87.14, 123.43 and 112.05 mg/g for Pb, Cu, Zn, and Cd, respectively. When various heavy metals coexisted, the removal capacity followed the order of Cu>Pb>Cd>Zn. The adsorption on the surfaces of HPC was mainly governed by surface precipitation and Ca2+ exchange, as suggested by XRD, SEM-EDS and released Ca2+ results. Most of the adsorbed heavy metals on the HPC and the precipitation formed in the liquid phase were stable under neutral and alkaline conditions. Overall, HPC particles exhibited a large potential for heavy metal removal. When cement-related materials containing HPC are employed for heavy metal removal, the dissolution of the precipitate at low pH might facilitate the migration of the heavy metals.

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This research was supported by the Key Research and Development Program of Shaanxi Province (Grant No. 2018ZDCXL-SF-31-6) and the Special Scientific Research Program of Shaanxi Provincial Education Department (Grant No. 21JK0716).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, MOE, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an, 710055, China

    Peng Cheng, Yongxiang Ren, Lei Yang, Rituan Li, Xue Wang & Honglin Yuan

  2. Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Engineering, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an, 710055, China

    Peng Cheng, Yongxiang Ren, Lei Yang, Rituan Li, Xue Wang & Honglin Yuan

  3. School of Civil Engineering, Nanyang Institute of Technology, Nanyang, Henan Province, 473004, China

    Peng Cheng

  4. Xi’an Botanical Garden, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, 710061, China

    Bin Li

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Cheng, P., Ren, Y., Yang, L. et al. Heavy metal removal from aqueous solution by granular hydrated Portland cement. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 39, 3350–3360 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-022-1219-8

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