Research Article

Adsorption of Arsenic, Lead, Cadmium, and Chromium Ions from Aqueous Solution Using a Protonated Chabazite: Preparation, Characterization, and Removal Mechanism

Table 3

Results of isotherm fitting using the Langmuir, Freundlich, Sips, and Liu equations for the adsorption of As(V), Pb(II), Cd(II), and Cr(III) on CH-N and CH-MS zeolites.

IonZeoliteModel parameters%DModel
(mg/g) (mEq/g)

As(V)CH-N0.0241.9540.9848.473Freundlich
1.3240.0471.2190.97914.509Langmuir
2.2260.0790.3300.7010.9736.539Liu
2.2260.0790.4600.6850.9826.166Sips

As(V)CH-MS0.0451.6000.93424.330Freundlich
3.0150.1070.8250.97314.473Langmuir
2.9020.1030.9241.1050.9888.683Liu
2.9020.1030.9331.1620.9747.82Sips

Pb(II)CH-N0.8513.0080.99211.9490.056Freundlich
114.9891.1095.5370.95627.562.591Langmuir
235.9602.2770.3070.04070.9929.6560.048Liu
232.4292.2440.6350.4100.9899.7780.049Sips

Pb(II)CH-MS0.3144.8850.96210.5250.026Freundlich
42.2790.4087.5760.9952.219Langmuir
43.6560.4215.3650.8640.9971.136Liu
43.6560.4216.9760.8640.9981.135Sips

Cd(II)CH-N0.2732.5820.9974.194Freundlich
18.7160.3334.2500.9835.967Langmuir
25.2360.4491.7960.6600.9972.048Liu
25.2360.4491.4720.66040.9952.047Sips

Cd(II)CH-MS0.1048.1390.8824.564Freundlich
6.1260.10923.0160.9950.716Langmuir
6.1260.10922.541.0510.9960.632Liu
6.1260.10926.101.0470.9960.631Sips

Cr(III)CH-N0.8769.7180.8387.1110.035Freundlich
19.6800.855190.380.44112.3020.090Langmuir
45.7731.9900.4510.1940.9628.4010.034Liu
44.7191.9440.8890.1950.8098.3970.035Sips

Cr(III)CH-MS0.4552.4570.98611.0580.078Freundlich
17.2590.7502.0490.91420.9170.671Langmuir
25.4951.1080.6290.5440.96612.9650.075Liu
24.4341.0620.8420.5590.94113.3100.0811Sips

(, , and ) is the maximum adsorption capacities of the Langmuir, Liu, and Sips equations. (, , , and ) is the constant of the Langmuir, Liu, Sips (L/mEq), and Freundlich (mEq/g) (L/mEq)1/nF equations. (, , and ) is the dimensionless exponent of the Liu, Sips, and Freundlich equations.