title: Utilization of bog iron ores as sorbents of heavy metals.
abstract: Sorption properties of bog iron ores with respect to Pb, Cu, Zn, Cr are evaluated at various pH. Maximum sorption determined in the experiments equals to 97.0, 25.2, 25.5, 55.0mg/g for lead(II), copper(II), zinc(II), and chromium(III), respectively. Chromium(VI) is bound in the amount of up to 10.0mg/g. The values of desorption indicate that most of the metals remain stably bound to the surface of bog iron ores, indicating that the chemisorption process prevails. The metals are sorbed as cations at the pH values from 4 to 9. Within this pH range up to 100% of the initial metal amount is immobilized. 90-100% of Cr(VI) is sorbed at pH between 3 and 5. Such properties, combined with favorable conditions of shallow mining and resultant low costs, may be regarded as an incentive for local utilization of bog iron ores in the environmental protection practice.
authors.affiliation: AGH-University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, Department of Mineralogy, Petrography, and Geochemistry, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland. grzesio@geol.agh.edu.pl
authors.forename: Grzegorz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rzepa
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bajda
authors.forename: Tadeusz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ratajczak
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007501:Iron / Q000737:chemistry*; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D019216:Metals, Heavy; D007501:Iron