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The trapping of B from water by exfoliated and functionalized vermiculite

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Clays and Clay Minerals

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Micron-grade natural vermiculite was modified by several physical and chemical treatments in order to increase the adsorption capacity of this material for B. A thermal exfoliation (T = 600°C) of pristine material, a chemical exfoliation through reaction with hydrogen peroxide (H2O2 35%), or grafting of a specific B complexant (i.e. N-methyl-D-glucamine: NMDG) led to an increase in the uptake of B at low initial concentrations of the aqueous solutions ([B] ≈ 5 mg L−1). The more efficient material is the NMDG-grafted clay, for which the adsorption uptake is four times greater than that of raw vermiculite, and reaches 0.04 mmol g−1. For all modified materials, the effect of the pH on B adsorption and the adsorption kinetics were studied and compared to raw vermiculite. Adsorption isotherms were also plotted and fitted well with the Freundlich equation.

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  1. Laboratoire de Chimie Moléculaire et Environnement, Polytech’Savoie - Université de Savoie, 73376, Le Bourget du Lac Cedex, France

    Mohamed Kehal, Laurence Reinert & Laurent Duclaux

  2. Laboratoire Pollution et Traitement des Eaux, Département de Chimie, Université Mentouri, 25000, Constantine, Algeria

    Mohamed Kehal & Ammar Mennour

  3. Laboratoire des colloïdes verres et nanomatériaux (UMR CNRS 5587), Université Montpellier II, 34095, Montpellier Cedex 5, France

    David Maurin & Jean-Louis Bantignies

  4. Materials Research Institute for Sustainable Development, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Shimo-Shidami, Moriyama, Nagoya, 463-8560, Japan

    Fumihiko Ohashi

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Kehal, M., Reinert, L., Maurin, D. et al. The trapping of B from water by exfoliated and functionalized vermiculite. Clays Clay Miner. 56, 453–460 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1346/CCMN.2008.0560406

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