Adsorption of alkaline earth, transition, and heavy metal cations by hydrous oxide gels of iron and aluminum
Freshly precipitated Fe and Al gels (points of zero change at pH 8.1 and 9.4, respectively) strongly specifically adsorb divalent cations from 1M NaNO/sub 3/ solution. Adsorption from a mixed solution of eight divalent cations (each 0.125 x 10/sup -3/ M) in suspensions of freshly precipitated Fe and Al gels (0.093 M with respect to Fe or Al) was measured as a function of pH in 1M NaNO/sub 3/. The selectivity sequence (lower pH = greater selectivity) for the retention of the alkaline earth cations by Fe gel was Ba greater than Ca greater than Sr greater than Mg, but for the Al gel was Mg greater than Ca greater than Sr greater than Ba. The selectivity sequence (Figures in parentheses indicate pH +- 0.2 for 50 percent retention) for the Fe gel was: Pb (3.1) greater than Cu (4.4) greater than Zn (5.4) greater than Ni (5.6) greater than Cd (5.8) greater than Co (6.0) greater than Sr (7.4) greater than Mg (7.8), whereas the sequence for the Al gel was: Cu (4.8) greater than Pb (5.2) greater than Zn (5.6) greater than Ni (6.3) greater than Co (6.5) greater than Cd (6.6) greater than Mg (8.1) greater than Sr (9.2). Significant adsorption occurred even when the extent of cation hydrolysis was much less than 1 percent, and invariably occurred at a pH lower than that for hydroxide precipitation. Although the adsorption-pH sequences are related to cation hydrolysis and hydroxide precipitation pH values, the relationship is far from perfect, as is evidenced by the different sequences for the two gels. On aging of the Al gel in the presence of alkaline earth cations, the retention of Mg increased, while that of Ca, Sr, and Ba decreased. This result was thought to result from the structural incorporation of some Mg and the exclusion of the other cations.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison
- OSTI ID:
- 7212997
- Journal Information:
- Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J.; (United States), Vol. 40:5
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ALKALINE EARTH METALS
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BARIUM
CADMIUM
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COBALT
COPPER
IRON
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METALS
NICKEL
STRONTIUM
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
ZINC
ADSORPTION
AGING
CATIONS
GELS
HYDROLYSIS
HYDROXIDES
OXIDES
PH VALUE
PRECIPITATION
SODIUM NITRATES
SUSPENSIONS
VALENCE
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHARGED PARTICLES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMISTRY
COLLOIDS
DECOMPOSITION
DISPERSIONS
ELEMENTS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
IONS
LYSIS
NITRATES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
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SODIUM COMPOUNDS
SOLVOLYSIS
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