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Bivalve shells (Corbula trigona) as a new adsorbent for the defluoridation of groundwater by adsorption-precipitation
Defluoridation of groundwater was performed in a batch reactor using bivalve shell powder (BSP) as adsorbent. The physicochemical characteristics of BSP, studied by Fourier Transform Infrared, X-ray Diffraction and Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometry after dissolution, have shown that BSP was mainly composed of crystalline CaCO3 (∼97.8%). The effects of pH, initial fluoride concentration, adsorbent dose and contact time on the adsorption capacity of BSP were investigated. For an initial fluoride concentration of 2.2 mg/L and with 16 g/L of BSP, after 8 hours of treatment, 27.3% were eliminated at pH 7.5 versus 68% at pH 3, highlighting the efficiency of the adsorption process. The difference in adsorption capacity as a function of pH was correlated to the pHpzc of the BSP, which was equal to 8.2. Thus, at pH below pHpzc, electrostatic attraction between the fluoride anions and the positively charged adsorbent could justify the adsorption mechanism. Fittings of experimental data have evidenced that the adsorption kinetics were of pseudo-second order whereas the adsorption isotherms were of Langmuir type. The chemical precipitation of calcium fluoride was also revealed to occur upon release of Ca2+ from partial dissolution of CaCO3 in acidic conditions.
Bivalve shells (Corbula trigona) as a new adsorbent for the defluoridation of groundwater by adsorption-precipitation
Defluoridation of groundwater was performed in a batch reactor using bivalve shell powder (BSP) as adsorbent. The physicochemical characteristics of BSP, studied by Fourier Transform Infrared, X-ray Diffraction and Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometry after dissolution, have shown that BSP was mainly composed of crystalline CaCO3 (∼97.8%). The effects of pH, initial fluoride concentration, adsorbent dose and contact time on the adsorption capacity of BSP were investigated. For an initial fluoride concentration of 2.2 mg/L and with 16 g/L of BSP, after 8 hours of treatment, 27.3% were eliminated at pH 7.5 versus 68% at pH 3, highlighting the efficiency of the adsorption process. The difference in adsorption capacity as a function of pH was correlated to the pHpzc of the BSP, which was equal to 8.2. Thus, at pH below pHpzc, electrostatic attraction between the fluoride anions and the positively charged adsorbent could justify the adsorption mechanism. Fittings of experimental data have evidenced that the adsorption kinetics were of pseudo-second order whereas the adsorption isotherms were of Langmuir type. The chemical precipitation of calcium fluoride was also revealed to occur upon release of Ca2+ from partial dissolution of CaCO3 in acidic conditions.
Bivalve shells (Corbula trigona) as a new adsorbent for the defluoridation of groundwater by adsorption-precipitation
Yapo, N’Zébo Sylvestre (author) / Briton, Bi Gouessé Henri (author) / Aw, Sadat (author) / Reinert, Laurence (author) / Drogui, Patrick (author) / Adouby, Kopoin (author)
Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A ; 56 ; 694-704
2021-06-30
11 pages
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