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

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79(Figure 6.10). Schwarz et al. (1984) had similar observati<strong>on</strong>s for a <strong>silica</strong>-alumina <strong>oxide</strong>mixture. Stenkamp <strong>and</strong> Benjamin (1994) found a pHpzc close to 7.5 for an ir<strong>on</strong> <strong>oxide</strong><strong>coated</strong>s<strong>and</strong> while those for s<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> ir<strong>on</strong> <strong>oxide</strong> are 3 <strong>and</strong> between 8 <strong>and</strong> 9, respectively.One study (Meng <strong>and</strong> Letterman, 1993a) showed that the potential of the Al(OH)3/Si02suspensi<strong>on</strong> increased as the Al(OH) 3/SiO2 ratio increased until uniform coverage wasobtained <strong>and</strong> the isoelectric pH was equivalent to that of pure Al(OH)3. Schwarz et al.(1984) dem<strong>on</strong>strated that a simple mass weighting model, originally proposed by Parks(1967), allows for an accurate determinati<strong>on</strong> of the pHpzc of a <strong>silica</strong>-alumina <strong>oxide</strong>mixture. Using the Fec<strong>on</strong>c <strong>and</strong> the theoretical surface area of goethite coatings (Table 6.3),the predicted values of the pHpzc are 4.29 <strong>and</strong> 6.55 for adsorbed <strong>and</strong> precipitated <strong>oxide</strong><strong>coated</strong><strong>silica</strong>, respectively, <strong>and</strong> are comparable to the measured values (Table 6.3) giventhe significant uncertainty.Preliminary <str<strong>on</strong>g>adsorpti<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> edges (Figure 6.11) show Ni <str<strong>on</strong>g>adsorpti<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> goethite-<strong>coated</strong><strong>silica</strong> is greater than that of pure <strong>silica</strong>. Anders<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> Benjamin (1990) reported thatCd2+ uptake by an Al(OH)3/SiO2 suspensi<strong>on</strong> was indistinguishable from that of Al(OH)3suggesting uniform coverage of the <strong>oxide</strong>. Meng <strong>and</strong> Letterman (1993a) observed thatCd2+ <str<strong>on</strong>g>adsorpti<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> an Fe(OH)3/SiO2 mixed <strong>oxide</strong> was c<strong>on</strong>sistent with discrete Fe(OH)3,however, for the <strong>coated</strong> system discrete Fe(OH)3 was present. In this study, the <strong>silica</strong>surface is partially <strong>coated</strong> <strong>and</strong> discrete goethite was not present during <str<strong>on</strong>g>adsorpti<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g>. Thesurface charge distributi<strong>on</strong> reveals that both <strong>silica</strong> <strong>and</strong> goethite surfaces are available for<str<strong>on</strong>g>adsorpti<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g>. Assuming Ni <str<strong>on</strong>g>adsorpti<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> occurs <strong>on</strong> both surfaces, overall <str<strong>on</strong>g>adsorpti<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> may beexplained as the sum of the two. However, the estimated <str<strong>on</strong>g>adsorpti<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> is much less thanthat observed (Figure 6.11). To further underst<strong>and</strong> the increase in sorpti<strong>on</strong>, Ni <str<strong>on</strong>g>adsorpti<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g>

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