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Heavy metal adsorption on iron oxide and iron oxide-coated silica ...

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78Table 6.2 Surface Area <strong>and</strong> Porosity of Silica <strong>and</strong> Coated SilicaSampleSilicaAdsorbed goethite<strong>coated</strong> <strong>silica</strong>*Precipitated goethite<strong>coated</strong> <strong>silica</strong>*Fec<strong>on</strong>c (mg Fe g-1 ) 0.31 17.64 3.43Porosity (%) 8.3315 8.9695 7.8814Measured Surface areal(m2 g-1 ) 0.0757 1.2092 0.5021Calculated surface area ofgoethite coatings (m2 g-1) 2 N.A.3 40 781 Data from GTI (2002).2 Calculati<strong>on</strong> based <strong>on</strong> the theoretical sum of the surface areas of <strong>silica</strong> <strong>and</strong> corresp<strong>on</strong>ding weight fracti<strong>on</strong>of goethite is set equal to the measured value (Scheidegger et al. 1993).3N.A. — not applicable.* Measured before abrasi<strong>on</strong> studies.

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