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Adsorption of antimony on kaolinite as a function of time, pH, HA and competitive anions

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This study was to understand the sorption behavior of Sb(III) on kaolinite as a function of various solution properties such as pH, initial Sb concentration, temperature and humic acid (HA). Kinetic studies suggested that the adsorption equilibrium was achieved within 24 h and the order of reaction with regard to the Sb(III) concentration is two. The adsorption of Sb(III) is strongly dependent on pH and decreases with increasing pH. The Langmuir and Freundlich models were used to fit the adsorption data obtained at three different temperatures. The thermodynamic parameters (ΔG, ΔH and ΔS) were calculated from the dependence of the adsorption process on the reaction temperature, and the calculated parameters suggested that the adsorption of Sb(III) on kaolinite is spontaneously exothermic. The presence of competitive anions have no obvious effect on the adsorption of Sb(III) on kaolinite.

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This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21107063; 21177011).

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    Jianhong Xi

  2. State Key Laboratory of Water Environmental Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China

    Mengchang He & Linghao Kong

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Xi, J., He, M. & Kong, L. Adsorption of antimony on kaolinite as a function of time, pH, HA and competitive anions. Environ Earth Sci 75, 136 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-015-4916-3

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