TY - JOUR
T1 - The adsorption characteristics of Cu(II) in the presence of chelating agents
AU - Elliott, H. A.
AU - Huang, C. P.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research work was supported by a grant, ENG 77-27379, from the Water Resources, Urban and Environmental Engineering Program of the National Science Foundation. We would like to thank Y. T. Lin and Raulf Iler for many useful suggestions and discussions regarding the mechanism of CuNTA-adsorption.
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PY - 1979/6/1
Y1 - 1979/6/1
N2 - The adsorption characteristics of Cu(II) in the presence of chelating agents was investigated in the laboratory. The results showed that the presence of chelating agents improved the extent of Cu(II) adsorption, although ligand:Cu(II) ratio = 1:1 seemed to be important to assure optimum Cu(II) adsorption, at least in the Cu(II)-NTA-γ-Al2O3 system. Electrostatic interaction appeared to be an important mechanism for complexed Cu(II) adsorption. However, a finite adsorption of Cu(II) complexes of NTA, glycine, and aspartic acid was observed at the pHzpc of γ-Al2O3. This suggests the presence of specific chemical interaction. The adsorbed Cu(II) species in the presence of chelating agents, such as NTA, is the complexed form, i.e., CuNTA-. A model has been proposed to qualitatively explain the attachment of CuNTA- species onto γ-Al2O3 surface.
AB - The adsorption characteristics of Cu(II) in the presence of chelating agents was investigated in the laboratory. The results showed that the presence of chelating agents improved the extent of Cu(II) adsorption, although ligand:Cu(II) ratio = 1:1 seemed to be important to assure optimum Cu(II) adsorption, at least in the Cu(II)-NTA-γ-Al2O3 system. Electrostatic interaction appeared to be an important mechanism for complexed Cu(II) adsorption. However, a finite adsorption of Cu(II) complexes of NTA, glycine, and aspartic acid was observed at the pHzpc of γ-Al2O3. This suggests the presence of specific chemical interaction. The adsorbed Cu(II) species in the presence of chelating agents, such as NTA, is the complexed form, i.e., CuNTA-. A model has been proposed to qualitatively explain the attachment of CuNTA- species onto γ-Al2O3 surface.
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U2 - 10.1016/0021-9797(79)90005-5
DO - 10.1016/0021-9797(79)90005-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0003092459
SN - 0021-9797
VL - 70
SP - 29
EP - 45
JO - Journal of Colloid And Interface Science
JF - Journal of Colloid And Interface Science
IS - 1
ER -