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Effect of pH, ionic strength, foreign ions, fulvic acid and temperature on 109Cd(II) sorption to γ-Al2O3

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The sorption of Cd(II) from aqueous solution on γ-Al2O3 was investigated under ambient conditions. Experiments were carried out as a function of contact time, solid content, pH, ionic strength, foreign ions, fulvic acid and temperature. The results indicated that the sorption of Cd(II) was strongly dependent on pH and ionic strength. At low pH, the sorption of Cd(II) was dominated by outer-sphere surface complexation and ion exchange with Na+/H+ on γ-Al2O3 surfaces, whereas inner-sphere surface complexation was the main sorption mechanism at high pH. The Langmuir, Freundlich and Dubinin–Radushkevich (D–R) models were used to simulate the sorption isotherms at three different temperatures. The thermodynamic data (ΔG 0, ΔS 0, ΔH 0) calculated from the temperature dependent sorption isotherms suggested that the sorption of Cd(II) on γ-Al2O3 was an spontaneous and endothermic process.

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Financial support from the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (ZR2009BM045) is acknowledged.

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Dong, Y., Liu, Z., Li, Y. et al. Effect of pH, ionic strength, foreign ions, fulvic acid and temperature on 109Cd(II) sorption to γ-Al2O3 . J Radioanal Nucl Chem 292, 619–627 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-011-1456-5

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