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Thermodynamic study of Zn adsorption by kaolinite and sepiolite minerals from aqueous solution

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 M.S Graduate of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.

3 Professor, Department of Soil Science, College of Agriculture, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz

Abstract


Introduction: Today, water consumption has increased dramatically as a result of technological advancement, extraordinary industrial development and urbanization, which has caused the production of large amounts of toxic waste. Zinc (Zn) is an essential element for plants and humans, however, excessive concentrations of zinc can cause problems for humans such as abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. Zinc is the most toxic pollutant that enters the aquatic system through industrial wastewater. World health organization (WHO) has recommended limit concentration of zinc in drinking water of 5.0 mg L-1. Adsorption is one of the most efficient ways to remove heavy metals from the environment. Clay minerals are one of the good adsorbents for the adsorption of heavy metals due to their large surface areas, high ion exchange capacity and layered structure. Some factors such as temperature, pH, size of adsorbent, type of adsorbent and amount of adsorbent are considered as important factors in controlling the behavior of heavy metals in aqueous solution. The temperature of the solution can increase or decrease the adsorption of elements, which indicates the exothermic or exothermic nature of the surface adsorption reaction. Therefore, this research was carried out with the aim of investigating the effect of temperature on the kinetics and thermodynamics of Zn removal using sepiolite and kaolinite minerals.
Materials and Methods: In this research, two clay minerals (kaolinite and sepiolite) in a size of 25-53 µm were used as zinc metal adsorbents. Sepiolite mineral was collected from mines in Fariman region of Razavi Khorasan province and kaolinite was collected from Lalejin in Hamadan province. The kinetics and thermodynamics of Zn absorption from aqueous solutions by sepiolite and kaolinite were investigated. For kinetic studies, 0.1 g of sepiolite and kaolinite adsorbent was poured into a centrifuge tube and 20 ml of Zn solution with a concentration of 50 mg L-1 of zinc nitrate background solution was added to it and at different times (5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 60, 120, 240, 480, 720, 1440 and 2880 minutes) was stirred. The experiment of adsorption kinetics was performed at pH 5 and at a temperature of 25 ± 1 °C. The thermodynamics of zinc adsorption was investigated at temperatures of 25, 35 and 45 ℃. The adsorption behavior of zinc metal by sepiolite and kaolinite minerals was evaluated at different times with pseudo-first-order, pseudo-second-order, Ilovich and intraparticle diffusion kinetic models through non-linear regression and using Solver software. Then, the thermodynamic parameters of adsorption process including: the activation energy (Ea), gibbs free energy (ΔG), entropy (ΔS) and enthalpy (ΔH) were determined.
Results and Discussion: The results of this research showed that by increasing the contact time and decreasing the temperature of the solution from 45 to 25 ℃, the amount of Zn adsorption by both minerals increased. Also, the equilibrium time was determined to be 720 minutes. The results showed that the adsorption efficiency decreases with increasing temperature and the highest removal percentage was observed at 25 ℃. Based on the results obtained from the fitting of kinetic models with experimental data, the pseudo-second order model with the highest explanatory coefficient (R2=0.99) was selected as the best model. Adsorption capacity (qe) of Zn estimated from the pseudo-second order model for sepiolite and kaolinite at 25℃ compared to 45℃ decreased by 44.30 and 38.19%, respectively. Also, the amount of Zn adsorption capacity for sepiolite mineral was higher than kaolinite. The activation energy (-9.79 to -23.81 kJ mol-1) revealed the physical adsorption of Zn by sepiolite and kaolinite. The activation energy of Zn adsorption onto the sepiolite (-23.81 kJ mol-1) and Kaolinite (-9.79 kJ mol-1) indicated that Zn was more strongly sorbed by sepiolite than kaolinite.
Conclusion: the results obtained showed that sepiolite and kaolinite can be used an adsorbed to remove Zn from aqueous solution with good efficiency and low cost, while sepiolite had higher Zn adsorption capacity compared to kaolinite. Adsorption of Zn decreased with increasing temperature. The optimal temperature in this study for maximum adsorption of Zn by sepiolite and kaolinite was 40℃. Thermodynamic parameters including changes in Gibbs free energy (ΔG), enthalpy (ΔH) and entropy (ΔS) showed that zinc adsorption process by the studied minerals is an exothermic and spontaneous reaction. As a conclusion, sepiolite has a high potential for remove of Zn from wastewater.

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Agricultural Engineering
Volume 46, Issue 3
December 2023
Pages 231-249
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