Research Article

The Improvement of Natural Thai Bentonite Modified with Cationic Surfactants on Hexavalent Chromium Adsorption from an Aqueous Solution

Table 6

EXAFS and Fourier transform spectral fitting.

SampleShell (Å)σ2

Cr(VI) standardCr–O3.751.630.004
Cr(III) standardCr–O5.751.960.003
NTB+Cr(III)Cr–O5.601.970.001
1CPC+Cr(III)Cr–O5.411.960.002
1HDTMA+Cr(III)Cr–O5.671.970.002
1CPC+Cr(VI)Cr–O3.651.640.002
1HDTMA+Cr(VI)Cr–O3.691.630.001

 = number of neighbor atoms;  = interatomic distance;  = Debye–Waller factor.