LAPSE:2021.0539
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LAPSE:2021.0539
The Potential Use of Zeolite, Montmorillonite, and Biochar for the Removal of Radium-226 from Aqueous Solutions and Contaminated Groundwater
June 21, 2021
The present work investigated the potential of using zeolite (clinoptilolite), montmorillonite (Swy2), and Conocarpus biochar as adsorbents to remove 226Ra from aqueous solution. The effect of the initial 226Ra concentrations on sorbents’ equilibrium activity concentrations and sorbents’ radium removal efficiency were investigated. The results showed that zeolite has a higher removal efficiency for 226Ra in comparison with the efficiencies of montmorillonite and biochar. In addition to the linear isotherm model, the Freundlich model, followed by Temkin’s model, provided a better description of the adsorption process than the Langmuir model. Kinetic studies indicated that a pseudo-second-order kinetic model could be the best fit for the adsorption of 226Ra onto the three investigated sorbents, which suggests that the mechanism of adsorption of 226Ra by sorbents was chemisorption. The intraparticle diffusion model indicated that adsorption of 226Ra onto the sorbents involves a multistep process: (i) boundary layer diffusion and (ii) intraparticle diffusion. Moreover, the remediation of groundwater samples polluted with 226Ra was assessed using the investigated sorbents; the results showed that zeolite also has the highest removal efficiency among other sorbents. Thus, the low cost, availability, and the high adsorption efficiency of zeolite can be a promising sorbent on 226Ra removal from aqueous solutions and groundwater remediation.
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226Ra, adsorption isotherms, groundwater remediation, kinetics, removal efficiency, zeolite
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Almasoud FI, Al-Farraj AS, Al-Wabel MI, Usman AR, Alanazi YJ, Ababneh ZQ. The Potential Use of Zeolite, Montmorillonite, and Biochar for the Removal of Radium-226 from Aqueous Solutions and Contaminated Groundwater. (2021). LAPSE:2021.0539
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Almasoud FI: Nuclear Science Research Institute (NSRI), King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), P.O. Box 6086, Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia; Department of Soil Sciences, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, Riya [ORCID]
Al-Farraj AS: Department of Soil Sciences, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia [ORCID]
Al-Wabel MI: Department of Soil Sciences, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia [ORCID]
Usman AR: Department of Soil Sciences, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; Department of Soils and Water, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut 71526, Egypt
Alanazi YJ: Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Commission (NRRC), Riyadh 12244, Saudi Arabia
Ababneh ZQ: Physics Department., Faculty of Science, Yarmouk University, Irbid 211-63, Jordan; College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, P.O. Box 6664, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia [ORCID]
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Processes
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8
Issue
12
Article Number
E1537
Year
2020
Publication Date
2020-11-25
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2227-9717
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