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Kaolinite clay obtained from Ubulu-Ukwu, Delta state in Nigeria was modified with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) reagent to obtain PVA-modified Kaolinite clay adsorbent. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) of the PVA-modified adsorbent suggests that Kaolinite clay particles were made more compact in nature with no definite structure. Modification of Kaolinite clay with PVA increased its adsorption capacity for 300 mg/L Pb2+ and Cd2+ by a factor of at least 6, i.e., from 4.5 mg/g to 36.23 mg/g and from 4.38 mg/g to 29.85 mg/g, respectively, at 298 K. Binary mixtures of Pb2+ and Cd2+ decreased the adsorption capacity of Unmodified Kaolinite clay for Pb2+ by 26.3% and for Cd2+ by 0.07%, respectively. In contrast, for PVA-modified Kaolinite clay, the reductions were up to 50.9% and 58.5% for Pb2+ and Cd2+, respectively.
The adsorption data of Pb2+ and Cd2+ onto both Unmodified and PVA-modified Kaolinite clay adsorbents were found to fit the Pseudo-Second Order Kinetic model (PSOM), indicating that adsorption on both surfaces was mainly by chemisorption and is concentration dependent. However, kinetic adsorption data from both adsorbent generally failed the Pseudo-First order Kinetic model (PFOM) test.
Extents of desorption of 91% Pb2+ and 94% Cd2+ were obtained, using 0.1 M HCl, for the Unmodified Kaolinite clay adsorbent. It was found that 99% Pb2+ and 97% Cd2+, were desorbed, for PVA-modified Kaolinite clay adsorbents within 3 min for 60 mg/L of the metal ions adsorbed by the adsorbents.
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Unuabonah, E.I., Adebowale, K.O., Olu-Owolabi, B.I. et al. Comparison of sorption of Pb2+ and Cd2+ on Kaolinite clay and polyvinyl alcohol-modified Kaolinite clay. Adsorption 14, 791–803 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10450-008-9142-9
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