• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.36 no.5
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• pp.381-385
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• 2003

We investigated possible application of waste ferrite in treating Cd and Pb in wastewater. Adsorption of Cd and Pb on Mn-Ferrite are influenced by several controlling factors such as contact time, heavy metal concentrations, pH and temperature. Both Cd and Pb achieved adsorption equilibrium within 5 minutes. Based upon this kinetic data, 24 hours of contact time was allowed for other experiment. The adsorption of Cd and Pb was high at high pH and high ion concentrations. The reaction was also affected by temperature. Adsorption isotherms fits well with the Freundlich isotherm equation. pH is the main controlling factor in Cd, Pb adsorption on the Mn-ferrite. Cd showed S type adsorption curve while Pb showed sorption edges, depending on the Pb concentrations.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.46 no.1
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• pp.8-15
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• 2013

Little research has been conducted to explore the heavy metal removal potential of biochar. The adsorption characteristics of heavy metals by sesame waste biochar (pyrolysis at $600^{\circ}C$ for 1 hour) as heavy metal absorbent were investigated. The sesame waste biochar was characterized by SEM-EDS and FT-IR, and heavy metal removal was studied using Freundlich and Langmuir equations. The removal rates of heavy metals were higher in the order of Pb>Cu>Cd>Zn, showing that the adsorption efficiency of Pb was higher than those of any other heavy metals. Freundlich and Langmuir adsorption isotherms were used to model the equilibrium adsorption data obtained for adsorption of heavy metals on biochar produced from sesame waste. Pb, Cu, Cd and Zn equilibrium adsorption data were fitted well to the two models, but Pb gave a better fit to Langmuir model. Heavy metals were observed on the biochar surface after adsorption by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). Main functional groups were aromatic C=O ring (at $1160cm^{-1}$, $1384cm^{-1}$ and $1621cm^{-1}$) by FT-IR analysis. Thus, biochar produced from sesame waste could be useful adsorbent for treating heavy metal wastewaters.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.91-102
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• 2000

자연점토지반에서의 중금속 흡착시 온도변화에 따른 영향은 지금까지 2차적인 것으로 간주되었다. 그러나 최근 몇몇 연구자들에 의하면 온도변화가 중금속 흡착 거동에 큰 영향을 미친다고 보고하였다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 자연점토 지반에 대한 중금속 아연(Zn) 흡착시 온도변화에 따른 흙의 각 구성성분별 흡착거동을 살펴보기 위해 혼합 흡착-연속추출법(combined absorption-sequential extraction analysis, CASA)을 사용하였다. 실험결과 중금속 아연의 농도가 저농도(50mg/L 미만)일 경우 자연지반에서의 분배양상은 주로 탄산염 형태로 존재하고, 또한 온도의 증가에 따라 탄산염 형태의 흡착량이 증가하는 것을 알 수 있다. 하지만 고농도(50mg/L 이상)의 경우 분배양상은 주로 이온교환형태로 존재한다는 것을 알 수 있다. 그러나 고농도에서의 이러한 분배형태는 온도의 증가에 따라 탄산염형태의 흡착량이 약 20%정도 증가하는 결과를 얻었다. 결론적으로 중금속 아연의 자연점토지반의 각 구성성분 별 흡착거동은 이온교환 형태를 제외하고 온도증가에 따라 증가하는 흡열반응(ΔH0>0)인 것으로 나타났고, 또한 고농도에서의 분배형태는 이온교환 형태에서 탄산염 형태로 변화되는 것을 알 수 있다. 그리고 이온교환 형태의 경우 온도변화에 따라 독립적인 거동을 보였다.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.40 no.6
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• pp.583-588
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• 2003

Cation exchange capacity of clay, white clay and zeolite was measured by the adsorption test for 3 different heavy metal (Cd, Cr, Zn) standard solutions whose concentrations were varied by 10, 20, 30 ppm and pH were varied by 3, 5, 7, 9, respectively. The adsorption rate of Cd and Zn increased with increasing pH and slowly increased with increasing pH above pH 5. However, adsorption rate of Cr did not increase with increasing pH. Especially, Cr adsorption rate of the mixture of clay and white clay at pH 5 showed an half decrease compared to that at pH 3. The adsorption rate of mixed heavy metal solutions was in the order of Cd, Zn > Cr; however, the order was changed by Fe>Pb, Cu>Cr>Zn>Cd in case of Cu, Fe and Pb addition.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.42 no.5
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• pp.427-434
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• 2009

Indigenous bacterium which shows a tolerance to high metal toxicity was isolated from soil concomitantly contaminated with oil and heavy metals. The characteristics of the bacterium for Pb and Cd biosorption was investigated under the various experimental conditions such as bacterial growth phase, the initial metal concentration, the input biomass amount, temperature and pH. The Langmuir adsorption isotherm modeling was described to know the capacity and intensity of biosorption. The low initial concentration of heavy metals and high biomass has a maximum heavy metal removal efficiency, but biosorption capacity of Pb and Cd has different values. Biosorption efficiency was highest in the end of the microbial growth stage and under pH 5~9 condition, but was less affected by temperature variation of 25~$35^{\circ}C$. The maximum biosorption capacity for Pb and Cd was 62.11 and 192.31 mg/g, respectively and each $R^2$ was calculated as 0.71 and 0.98 by applying Langmuir isothermal adsorption equation. Biosorption for Cd was considered as monomolecular adsorption to single layer on the surface of cells, whereas biosorption for Pb was considered as accumulation process into the cell by the microbial metabolism and precipitation reaction with anion of bacteria.

• The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.602-607
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• 1999

과일 및 한약재 폐기물을 이용하여 중금속 제거력을 조사하기 위하여 Cd, Pb 용액에서 사과껍질 모과 밤내피(밤 친껍질) 인삼, 키위껍질, 대추, 원두커피가루의 입자별, 농도별, 온도별 흡착정도를 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다 입자의 크기가 작아질수록 사과껍질을 제외한 모든폐기물에 있어서 중금속 흡착력은 증가되었고 중금속별 제거량은 Cd는 인삼폐기물이 3,506-4.659mg/g Pb은 밤 친 껍질이 9.189-9.582mg/g으로 다른 과일 및 한약재 폐기물보다 높았다 농도별 중금속 흡착력은 중금속의 농도가 높을수록 증가하였는데 Cd은 인삼 폐기물이 1,929-3.800mg/g. Pb은 밤 친 껍질이 0.930-9.3685mg/g으로 다른 과일 및 한약재 폐기물보다 높았다. 온도별 중금속 흡착량은 온도가 높아질수록 증가하여 껍질이 9.368-9.613mg/g으로 다른 과일 및 한약재 폐기물보다 증가하였다. 이상의 결과로부터 물에 함유된 중금속을 제거하는데 과일 및 한약재 폐기물을 이용할 수 있을것으로 생각된다.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.166-172
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• 1999

Fixed-bed adsorption of metal ions on chitosan bead was studied to remove heavy metal ions in waste water. Chitin was extracted from carb shell and chitosan was prepared by deacetylation of the chitin. The chitosan in bead was used as an adsorbent for heavy metal ions. Freundlich and Langmuir isotherm was determined from the experimental results of equilibrium adsorption for individual metal ion ($Cu^{2+}$, $Co^{2+}$, $Ni^{2+}$) on chitosan bead. Adsorption strength of metal ions decreased in the order of $Cu^{2+}$>$Co^{2+}$>$Ni^{2+}$ ion. Breakthrough curves of single and multicomponent adsorption for metal ions were obtained from the experimental results of fixed-bed adsorption. The breakthrough curves were analyzed by simulation with fixed-bed adsorption equation based on LDFA (linear driving force approximation) adopted LAS (ideal adsorbed solution) theory which can predict multi-component adsorption isotherm from individual adsorption isotherm. The behavior of fixed bed adsorption for single and multi-component system could be nicely simulated by the equation.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.39 no.7
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• pp.663-668
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• 2002

Cation exchange capacity of clay, white clay and zeolite was estimated by performing the powder adsorption test for 6 different heavy metal (Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Pb and Zn) standard solutions whose concentrations were varied by 5,10,15 and 20 ppm. The adsorption rate of heavy metals decreased with increasing the concentration of standard heavy metal solutions. The adsorption rate of the clay and the white clay showed more than 80% for the all tested heavy metals except Cr and especially above 99% for the Fe and the Pb. The Cr adsorption rate of the mixture of the clay and the white clay increased, however, that of Zn decreased. The adsorption rate of Cr and Zn showed relatively lower values as compared with those of the other heavy metals because the cation exchange H$\^$+/ ions and heavy metal ions of the clay or the white clay were in competition at low pH region.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.379-385
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• 2005

This study was conducted to find out a useful bioremediation technology for heavy metal contaminated soil and water. We isolated strain CPB from heavy metal contaminated soil and evaluated the tolerance level and adsorption capacity of strain CPB to heavy metals (Strain is not determined yet). Strain CPB showed variable tolerance limit to different kinds heavy metal or concentrations of heavy metals. The growth of strain CPB was significantly inhibited by mixed heavy metals (Cd+Cu+Pb+Zn) than that of by single heavy metal. Strain CPB showed high binding capacity with Pb (Pb>Cd>Cu>Zn). In general, strain CPB showed high uptake of heavy metals such as Pb, Cd and Cu. It was observed that the capacity of heavy metal uptake from mixture of heavy metals was reduced in comparison with single heavy metal treatment. But total contents of heavy metal bound with cell in mixed heavy metal showed higher than in single heavy metal treatment. Heavy metal adsorption in cells was affected by several external factors, such as temperature and pH etc.. The optimum temperature and pH of the adsorption of heavy metal into cells were ca. $25{\sim}35^{\circ}C$ and pH ca. $5{\sim}7$, respectively. A large number of the electron dense particles were found mainly on the cell wall and cell membrane fractions, which was determined by transmission electron microscope. Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy revealed that the electron dense particles were the heavy metal complexes the substances binding with heavy metals.

• Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.17-26
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• 2014

In this study, the adsorption efficiency of mixed heavy metals from an aqueous solution was examined using bentonite. The physical and chemical properties of bentonite was analyzed via scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), Further, heavy metal adsorption was characterized using Freundlich and Langmuir equations. Equilibrium adsorption data were fitted well to the Langmuir model for bentonite. The adsorption uptake of heavy metals was high and followed the order $Pb^{2+}$ > $Cu^{2+}$ > $Cd^{2+}$ > $$Zn^{2+}{\sim_=}Ni^{2+}$$. The results also showed that adsorption uptake slightly increased as increasing pH from 6 to 10. The bentonite surface was observed viay SEM and FT-IR; Si-O and Si-O-Al were found to be the main functional groups by FT-IR analysis. From these results, the adsorption mechanisms of heavy metal were not only surface adsorption and ion exchange, but also surface precipitation. Thus, bentonite could be a useful adsorbent for treating heavy metal in aqueous solution.