title: [Adsorption and coprecipitation of dissolved metals with jarosite under conditions simulating sewage sludge bioleaching].
abstract: The inoculation of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and the addition of Fe2+ as their substrates accelerated the solubilization of Zn, Cu and Cr from sewage sludge. However, a decrease in Cu removal from 91% to 60% with time elapse could be observed in the late process, which appeared simultaneously with the formation of jarosite resulting from hydrolysis of Fe3+. The tested jarosite was synthesized by using bacterial oxidation of Fe2+ by resting A. ferrooxidans in acid solution (pH 2.5) under conditions stimulating sludge bioleaching. Adsorption edge measurement showed that only less than 9% of Cu2+ was adsorbed onto jarosite in the pH range of 2.0-2.5, indicating that adsorption mechanism could not explain fully re-sorption of Cu2+ (about 31%) in the anaphase of bioleaching process. In the coprecipitation studies, when jarosite was precipitated in the presence of Cu2+ (10 mg x L(-1)), a significant amount of Cu (44.6%) was incorporated into the precipitate. Coprecipitation of jarosite with Cu2+ was the predominant process by which soluble Cu was partially re-sorpted by jarosite in the anaphase of bioleaching process.
authors.affiliation: College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
authors.forename: Shun-Gui
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Li-Xiang
authors.initials: LX
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D042763:Acidithiobacillus / Q000378:metabolism*; D000327:Adsorption; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D005290:Ferric Compounds / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012722:Sewage / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000382:microbiology; D012995:Solubility; D013431:Sulfates / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005290:Ferric Compounds; D008670:Metals; D012722:Sewage; D013431:Sulfates; C492331:jarosite