| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 171134 | Comptes Rendus Chimie | 2010 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
An acid-activated montmorillonite-illite type of clay collected from the Gulbarga region of Karnataka, India was examined for removing copper and zinc ions from industrial wastewater containing Cu(II), Zn(II) and minor amounts of Pb(II). Langmuir, Freundlich, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET), and competitive Langmuir (two competing ions) isotherms were fitted to experimental data and the goodness of their fit for adsorption was compared. The shapes of isotherms obtained indicated multilayer adsorption of Cu(II) and monolayer adsorption of Zn(II) on the acid-activated clay. Competitive adsorption was found to be significant due to the presence of Cu(II) in the wastewater.
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Authors
John U. Kennedy Oubagaranadin, Zagabathuni V.P. Murthy, Veeresh P. Mallapur,