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Adsorption of Cations on Minerals

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The adsorption of cations on minerals plays an important role theoretically in surface and colloidal chemistry, and applicably in various engineering processes such as water treatment, agriculture and flotation of minerals. This chapter introduces the fundamentals of the adsorption of cations on minerals, the measurements, and classifies the applications. Then, structure and surface chemistry of clay minerals, which have been proved to be the most workable mineral in cations adsorption, are introduced. Other oxide minerals, such as goethite, are present for their structure and adsorption behavior as well. After that, the chapter summarizes and differentiates the adsorption on the basis of different types of cations, namely lead, mercury, copper, chromium and other cations. It tries to present the research results through a novel classification, rather than the types of adsorbents. The gaps between fundamental research and engineering applications are discussed, as well as the further research opportunities are present.

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    Feng Rao

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    Feng Rao & Ramiro Escudero Garcia

  3. School of Xingfa Mining Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, 430073, Hubei, China

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Rao, F., Li, Z., Garcia, R.E. (2021). Adsorption of Cations on Minerals. In: Song, S., Li, B. (eds) Adsorption at Natural Minerals/Water Interfaces. Engineering Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54451-5_5

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