title: Zn(II) adsorption from synthetic solution and kaolin wastewater onto vermicompost.
abstract: The adsorption of Zn(II) from both synthetic solution and kaolin industry wastewater by cattle manure vermicompost was studied. The adsorption process was dependent on the various operating variables, viz., solution pH, particle size of the vermicompost, mass of vermicompost/volume of the Zn(II) solution ratio, contact time and temperature. The optimum conditions for Zn adsorption were pH 6.0, particle size of < or = 250 microm, 1 g per 10 mL adsorbent dose, contact time of 4h and temperature of 25 degrees C. Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption isotherms fit well in the experimental data and their constants were evaluated, with R(2) values from 0.95 to 0.99. In synthetic solution, the maximum adsorption capacity of the vermicompost for Zn(2+) ions was 20.48 mg g(-1) at 25 degrees C when the vermicompost dose was 1 g 10 mL(-1) and the initial adjusted pH was 2. The batch adsorption studies of Zn(II) on vermicompost using kaolin wastewater have shown the maximum adsorption capacity was 2.49 mg g(-1) at pH 2 (natural pH of the wastewater). The small values of the constant related to the energy of adsorption (from 0.07 to 0.163 L mg(-1)) indicated that Zn(2+) ions were binded strongly to vermicompost. The values of the separation factor, R(L), which has been used to predict affinity between adsorbate and adsorbent were between 0 and 1, indicating that sorption was very favorable for Zn(II) in synthetic solution and kaolin wastewater. The thermodynamic parameter, the Gibbs free energy, was calculated for each system and the negative values obtained confirm that the adsorption processes are spontaneous. The DeltaG degrees values were -19.656 kJ mol(-1) and -16.849 kJ mol(-1) for Zn(II) adsorption on vermicompost in synthetic solution at pH 6 and 2, respectively, and -13.275 kJ mol(-1) in kaolin wastewater at pH 2.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Solos, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-000 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil. jordao@ufv.br
authors.forename: Cláudio Pereira
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Jordão
authors.forename: Raphael Bragança Alves
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: Kamilla
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: de Lima Ribeiro
authors.forename: Bruna
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: de Souza Nascimento
authors.forename: Priscila Martins
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: de Barros
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D007616:Kaolin / Q000737:chemistry*; D012987:Soil; D012996:Solutions; D015032:Zinc / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D012987:Soil; D012996:Solutions; D007616:Kaolin; D015032:Zinc