Exploitation of industrial solid wastes for preparing zeolite as a value-added product and its kinetics as adsorbent for heavy metal ions
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Central Metallurgical Research and Development Institute (CMRDI)
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Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Ain shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Publication date: 2020-10-22
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2021;57(1):87-99
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Aluminum and fumed silica as solid industrial wastes were converted to zeolite NaP as a value-added product without any template. The hydrothermal process was optimized using static autoclave. The crystallization was carried out at 100, 120 and 150C for 24, 48 and 72 h. The prepared zeolite of Si:Al ratio of 1.2 was characterized using X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) provided with Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS), Surface Area, Fourier Transmitted Infra-Red (FTIR) and Thermal Analysis (TG-DSC). The crystalline phase was formed at 100C after 72 hours and at 120C after 48 hours, while it was formed after 24 h only at 150C. Increasing temperature and time lead to the conversion of the prismatic gibbsite crystals into plate-like structure of zeolite which is then formed cauliflower-like structure. The prepared zeolite was employed as adsorbent for Ni2+ and Cu2+ ions from aqueous solution. The kinetic studies of adsorption processes were performed.