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Adsorption of indigo carmine from aqueous solution using coal fly ash and zeolite from fly ash

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Coal fly ash, a waste generated at the Figueira coal-fired electric power plant located in Brazil, was used to synthesize zeolite by hydrothermal treatment with NaOH solution at 100 °C for 24 h. The fly ash (FA) and this synthesized zeolite (ZM) that was characterized predominantly as hydroxy-sodalite were used as adsorbents for anionic dye indigo carmine from aqueous solutions. The samples were analyzed by instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) for the determination of As, Co, Fe, La, Mo, Na, Sb, Sc, Sm, Th, U and Zn. Effects of contact time and initial dye concentration were evaluated in the adsorption processes. The kinetics studies indicated that the adsorption followed the pseudo-second order kinetics and that surface adsorption and intraparticle diffusion were involved in the adsorption mechanism for both the adsorbents. The Langmuir isotherm model provided the best correlation of the experimental data. The maximum adsorption capacity was found to be 1.48 mg L−1 for FA and 1.23 mg L−1 for ZM. Laboratory leaching and solubilization tests conducted to classify this ZM as if was a waste residue according to the Brazilian regulation classified it as a residue non-hazardous and non-inert.

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The authors are grateful to Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) for financial support and to Carbonífera do Cambuí (Figueira Power Plant) for providing fly ash samples for this study.

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    Terezinha E. M. de Carvalho, Denise A. Fungaro, Carina P. Magdalena & Patricia Cunico

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de Carvalho, T.E.M., Fungaro, D.A., Magdalena, C.P. et al. Adsorption of indigo carmine from aqueous solution using coal fly ash and zeolite from fly ash. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 289, 617–626 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-011-1125-8

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