Adsorption of Heavy Metals on Bentonitic Soil for Use in Landfill Liners

da Silva, Daniela Lima Machado; Boscov, Maria Eugenia Gimenez; de Almeida Costa, Marcela; dos Santos, Laércio Leal; de Melo, Márcio Camargo; Monteiro, Veruschka Escarião Dessoles

doi:https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/5973552

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Volume 2023 | Article ID 5973552 | https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/5973552

Adsorption of Heavy Metals on Bentonitic Soil for Use in Landfill Liners

Daniela Lima Machado da Silva,¹Maria Eugenia Gimenez Boscov,²Marcela de Almeida Costa,³Laércio Leal dos Santos,³Márcio Camargo de Melo,⁴and Veruschka Escarião Dessoles Monteiro⁴

Academic Editor: Chinenye Adaobi Igwegbe

Received21 Feb 2022

Revised30 Aug 2022

Accepted01 Sept 2022

Published12 May 2023

Abstract

Hazardous heavy metal ions such as copper, zinc, nickel, chromium, cadmium, and lead engender a potential risk to human health. Among the processes involved in the retention of these contaminants, adsorption is advantageous for removing toxic metals because of its environmentally friendly aspect, efficiency, and low-cost operation. Information on the adsorption of heavy metals in soils from the semiarid region of northeastern Brazil is still scarce. In this study, the adsorption of heavy metals (Cd, Cu, Zn, Ni, and Pb) by a semiarid Brazilian bentonitic soil is investigated. This soil has been used as a bottom liner in an experimental municipal solid waste (MSW) cell located in Campina Grande, State of Paraíba, Brazil. The experimental cell consists of a landfill unit on an experimental scale, with the same constructive elements of a sanitary landfill. Disturbed and undisturbed samples of the investigated soil were collected at a quarry in the rural zone of Boa Vista (state of Paraiba, Northeast Brazil). Sorption attributes were determined via batch tests with a soil-solution ratio of 1 : 12.5 (4 g of dry soil to 50 mL of solution). Linear, Freundlich, and Langmuir isotherms were fitted to the experimental data, using as fitting parameters Pearson correlation coefficient () and value with a significance level . The ascending order of maximum adsorption capacity for heavy metals followed the series Ni < Cr < Zn < Cd < Cu < Pb. The maximum adsorbent capacities obtained were similar to those of other Brazilian soils and other adsorbents. Therefore, the studied soil has a high potential to be used in the retention of heavy metals.

1. Introduction

Inadequate disposal of residues from industrial sectors has caused considerable environmental impacts. These residues contain pollutants that can be organic and inorganic [1, 2], heavy metals being the major components of inorganic pollutants. Heavy metal sources can have natural origin, such as rock weathering and volcanic eruptions, and anthropogenic origin, including mining, agriculture, and industry [3–5]. Inappropriate waste management, particularly from anthropogenic activities, can result in contamination of air, soil, and water by the release of heavy metals [6, 7].

Some of the hazardous heavy metal ions that potentially endanger human health are Cu, Zn, Ni, Cr, Cd, and Pb, which are not recyclable and accumulate in living organisms [8, 9]. Furthermore, reports indicate that the concentrations of heavy metal ions in water systems are alarmingly higher than the limits recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) [10]. The toxicity and permissible limits of various metal ions are listed in Table 1.

Mobility and potential toxicity of heavy metals in soil is determined by retention and release reactions with the soil matrix, which include precipitation, dissolution, ion exchange, and adsorption/desorption reactions via inner and outer sphere complexations [16]. Among these processes, adsorption has become advantageous for removing toxic metals because of its environmentally friendly aspect, efficiency, and low-cost operation.

Diverse adsorbents (e.g., active carbon, zeolite, chitosan, and clay) have been studied and developed to immobilize toxic heavy metals [17, 18]. A commonly used technique is the incorporation of sorbents (which have a high retention capacity for potentially toxic metals) into sandy soil, such as bentonite.

Bentonite is a 2:1-type layered aluminosilicate with a crystalline structure consisting of one alumina octahedral layer between two silica tetrahedral layers [19]. The primary clay mineral in bentonite is montmorillonite.

Results from soil adsorption studies indicate that adsorption depends on pH, concentration, contact time, and temperature [20, 21]. Most studies on the retention of heavy metals in soils are limited to soils from temperate climate regions [22]. In the past decades tropical soils have also been investigated [23]; however, related studies using soils of the Brazilian semiarid region are scarce [24–26]. Since the 1970s, this region has been affected by severe anthropic hazards; together with the substantial increase in solid waste generation, this has resulted in landscape transformation [27].

The soils of the semiarid region typically have a thin altered layer that covers the bedrock [28, 29], and exhibit mineral characteristics due to the stages of their formation or physical and chemical weathering [30, 31]. In addition, feldspars and ferromagnesian minerals rapidly decompose in semiarid regions, whereas the concentration of iron and aluminum oxides remains stable [32]. The sorption of heavy metals in soils from the Brazilian semiarid region was analyzed by researchers such as Chaves and Tit [33], Vasconcelos et al. [34], Meneguin et al. [35], Araujo et al. [36], and Barros et al. [37].

Bentonitic soils are commonly used in sanitary landfill liners because of their low water permeability; moreover, as indicated by Fletcher and Sposito [38] and Dixon et al. [39], the expansion of particles favors the adsorption of metal cations in confined conditions, as a result of the complexation of metals in water present in interbasal or interlamellar spaces of clay minerals, which is known as inner-sphere complex.

In Brazil, the sorption of heavy metals in soils used in sanitary landfill liners was studied by Matos et al. [40], Fontes and Gomes [41], Azevedo et al. [42], Boscov [43], Fontes et al. [30] and Marques et al. [44]. However, these studies focused on soils from the Southeast region of Brazil. In the Brazilian semiarid region, Silva et al. [45] studied the adsorption of Ni in a soil employed in a sanitary landfill liner. Nonetheless, the leachate produced in sanitary landfills is a complex effluent with several heavy metals in its composition, as listed in Table 2.

In this study, the adsorption of heavy metals (Cd, Cu, Zn, Ni, and Pb) by a bentonitic soil from the Brazilian semiarid region is evaluated. This soil has been used as a bottom liner in an experimental municipal solid waste (MSW) cell located in Campina Grande, State of Paraíba, Brazil.

2. Materials and Methods

2.1. Study Area

2.1.1. Experimental Cell

The experimental MSW cell consists of a landfill unit on an experimental scale, and it has the same constructive elements present in a sanitary landfill. The built cell (Figure 1) has a cylindrical shape with a diameter of 2.0 m, height of 3.6 m, and volume of 11 m³.

The cell instrumentation enables the monitoring of parameters related to the biodegradable behavior of the MSW, such as total and layered vertical deformations and liquid levels. Moreover, the cell has gas and liquid drains and waste collection points. The liner of the experimental cell consisted of layers of compacted clayey soil with low permeability to water and collected from a quarry in the city of Boa Vista, Paraíba state.

The liner was designed considering the maximum dry bulk density and optimal moisture content for the Proctor normal compaction energy. The speed test was used to determine the hygroscopic soil moisture of in the field, and the amount of water required to achieve the optimal soil moisture was calculated. The liner consisted of a compacted soil layer of 0.25 m with an inclination of 0.5% toward the center of the experimental cell to facilitate the leachate flow. After compacting, the residues were inserted in the cell.

2.1.2. Source of Soil

The soil selected was analyzed to determine its adequacy to the requirements for use as sanitary landfill liner, such as permeability to water.

Disturbed and undisturbed samples of the investigated soil were collected at a quarry in the rural zone of Boa Vista (state of Paraiba, northeast Brazil), located at coordinates 7^o1541 S–36^o1450 W and 480 m above sea level (Figure 2).

Boa Vista region accounts for 60% of the Brazilian bentonite resources. The produced bentonite is mainly used for ceramic production [49]. These bentonitic clays were formed by the alteration of pyroclastic materials derived from volcanic explosions and deposited in depressions previously filled by granular debris with organic activity; subsequent devitrification of vitreous material under alkaline conditions caused the formation of montmorillonite clays and significant silica release [45].

2.2. Adsorption Experiment

According to the World Reference Base for Soil Resources [50], the soil analyzed is a planosol and alfisol conforming to Soil Taxonomy (1999). Samples were treated and stored according to ASTM D421-85 [51]. The soil geotechnical, chemical, and mineralogical characterizations were conducted following the methods presented in Table 3.

The solutions were prepared by dissolving 1 g of analytical-grade Cd, Cu, Cr, Pb, Ni, and Zn salts reagents (Impex, Vetec, purity >98%) in distilled water and then diluting these stock solutions 2–16 times in 150 mL of distilled water. The resulting ionic concentrations of the feed solutions are shown in Table 4. Initial pH values lower than 6.0 indicated an acidic environment and consequently high solubility of the metals in the feed solutions.

The batch test of contaminant sorption followed ASTM D4646 guidelines, with a soil-solution ratio of 1 : 12.5 (4 g of dry soil to 50 mL of solution). The suspensions were placed inside 125-mL inert flasks and rotated in an orbital shaker (VWR® Advanced Orbital Shakers, Model 15000) for 24 h at 100 rpm. After 24 h, solid and liquid phases were separated by centrifugation at 3000 rpm for 15 min and filtrated. The filtrates received 5% addition of nitric acid and were maintained at 4°C. The concentration of the metals in the liquid phases was measured by atomic emission spectrometry (Shimadzu, AA-7000).

The concentration of metals in the solid phases was calculated using Equation (1): where is the adsorption degree (mg/g), and are the initial and final (equilibrium) concentrations, respectively (mg/L), is the volume of solution mixed to the soil (), and is the dry mass of soil (g).

Linear, Freundlich, and Langmuir isotherms, expressed in Equations (2), (3), and (4), respectively, were fitted to the experimental data. where is the adsorption degree (mg/g), is the equilibrium concentration (mg/L), is the distribution coefficient (L/g), nis a constant related to surface heterogeneity, is the empirical constant of the Freundlich isotherm (L/g), is the equilibrium constant of the Langmuir isotherm (L/g), and is a constant of the Langmuir isotherm related to the maximum adsorption capacity of the soil (mg/g).

Experimental results of the batch tests were statistically fitted to Equations (2) to (4) using nonlinear least-squares regression by Gauss–Newton algorithm using the software package STATISTICA FOR WINDOWS 12.0. According to Dias et al. [53], this method is more efficient as the linearization of the equations induces errors in the regression analysis and in the estimated parameters of the isotherm models. The implemented number of interactions was 200 with a convergence value of 10^-6. Fitting parameters were Pearson correlation coefficient () and value with a significance level of .

3. Results and Discussion

3.1. Soil Characterization

The geotechnical, chemical, and mineralogical characterization of the soil, which was conducted the following methods indicated in Table 3 is shown in Table 5. The soil was composed of 42% sand, 43% silt, and 15% clay, with a liquid limit of 31%, and a plasticity index of 14%.Considering the Unified Soil Classification System (USCS), the soil was classified as CL.

The clay fraction was mostly smectite (Figure 3). However, the Skempton’s activity index (AI) was 0.87, outside the range of 1–7 typical of smectites. Polivanov et al. [55] affirmed that indexes that correlate cation exchange capacity (CEC) and specific surface area (SSA) to clay fraction are more helpful to distinguish mineralogic differences in fine-grained soils than AI. According to Melo and Alleoni [56], these values are within the range of CEC values commonly found in Brazilian soils.

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A Skempton’s AI of 0.87 indicates a normal clay (AI<0.75 corresponds to inactive clay, with low swelling potential in contact with water, and AI>1.25 refers to active clay, with high swelling potential) adequate for compacted clay liners, which are exposed to water content variations and may crack by volume increase.

The high percentages of clay and silt in the soil sample (58%) corroborate the permeability coefficient (10^-8 m/s). A soil with this coefficient value, according to Junqueira and Palmeira [57] and the standard NBR 13896 [58] is suitable for using as liner material for sanitary landfills. However, Daniel [59] mention that ideal values of bottom layer permeability for soil application in landfills are in the order of 10^-9 m/s or lower.

The specific gravity of the solids, G_s, was measured as 2.69. Values of organic matter content, CEC, and pH were near the upper limit of typical values for Brazilian soils. According to Embrapa [52], this soil presents low clay activity (CEC<27 cmol_c.kg^–1); however, this value is above the range of values determined by Fadigas et al. [60] for 162 Brazilian clayey soils, in which 79% exhibited CEC lower than 10 cmol_c.kg^–1 and 96% exhibited CEC lower than 20 cmol_c.kg^–1. The authors also observed that 89% of the soil samples had pH ≤6, 60% had pH ≤5, and 91% has organic content ≤20 g.kg^-1. Therefore, the investigated soil had a pH value higher than that of most Brazilian soils, and the low organic content of 15.3 g.kg^-1 is consistent with that of the majority of the soils in the country. The net electric charge of the soil estimated through indicates the capacity to attract cations (for instance, metallic cations such as the components of the feed solutions for the batch tests).

X-ray fluorescence (XFR) analysis indicated a chemical composition analogous to that of the calcium bentonite characterized by dos Santos and de Lima [61], which had contents of silicon, iron, magnesium, and calcium oxides of 55, 12, 2.65, and 1.26%, respectively. The content of aluminum oxide (23.07%) was similar to that observed in the chemical composition of Boa Vista bentonitic clays studied by Ferreira et al. [62]. Melo and Alleoni [56] indicated that Fe and Al oxides are predominant in Brazilian soils. These oxides may become electrically active depending on the pH of the interstitial solution (variable charge), significantly contributing with adsorption and promoting the immobilization of toxic metals. During the batch test, the adsorption of metals may have occurred owing to the exchange or substitution of cations present in the oxides by the heavy metals in the solution. Thus, the presence of both clay minerals and oxides may have eased the adsorption of metals.

Furthermore, the lack of sodium oxide and significant content of magnesium and calcium oxides are in agreement with the chemical composition of calcium bentonite, which shows reduced swelling capacity in contact with water compared to sodium bentonite, having lower AI values () such as that of the investigated soil.

3.2. Batch Tests and Adsorption Isotherms

Figure 3 shows the experimental results of the batch tests and fitted isotherms. The estimated parameters of the isotherms and statistical analysis are presented in Table 6. The linear distribution coefficient (K_d) was estimated as 20, 50, 29, 37, 677, 27, and 37 mL.g^-1 for Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn, respectively. However, as linear isotherms resulted in a poor fit to the model ( lower than 0.9 except for Ni), these values should be considered as indicatives.

Freundlich model resulted in the highest values for all elements except for Cd and Ni, for which Freundlich and Langmuir models provided similar values (Table 6).

Considering the criterion , the Langmuir model is appropriate for all metals except Cr. This type of isotherm indicates that the sorbed amount tended to stabilize probably due to the occupation of active sites [57]. Furthermore, the adsorption is assumed to be energetically identical at all sites, regardless of molecules adsorbed in the vicinity [63–66].

According to the criterion , the fitting of the Freundlich model to experimental data was acceptable, except for Cr, for which the experimental data was better represented by the linear isotherm. The Freundlich isotherm considers that an almost infinite number of adsorption sites exist in comparison with the number of species to be adsorbed. Moreover, these species accumulate on the heterogeneous surface of the adsorbent [62, 64, 66, 67]. Additionally, the model also considers that an exponential distribution can characterize the various adsorption sites, which have different adsorption energies [68].

The Cr sorption isotherms fitted better to the linear model, in which, according to Giles [69], the number of sites is considered constant, whereas the sorption by the sorbate increases during the sorption of metallic cations by the soil.

Basso and Kiang [70] obtained K_d, K_f, 1/n, K_L, and values of 0.3–6.5 mL/g, 44.1 mL/g, 0.59, 0.0087 L/mg, and 0.625 mg/g, respectively, for the adsorption of Cu²⁺ by a clayey young residual soil derived from Itararé Group (lithologic association of sandstone, siltstone, claystone, conglomerate, rhythmite, and diamictite in the central-eastern region of the State of Sao Paulo, located in the southeast of Brazil).

Lima [71] investigated oxisol (LV), entisol (N), and vertisol (V) soils with predominance of fines from the state of Paraná (south Brazil), with CEC values of 13, 23, and 17 cmol_c.kg^-1, respectively. The adsorption parameters for Cu²⁺ were as follows: L/g, , L/mg, and mg/g for soil LV; L/g, , L/mg, and mg/g for soil N; and L/g, , L/mg, and mg/g for soil V. For a young residual soil derived from granitic gneiss from the state of São Paulo (southeastern Brazil) classified as MH, Stuermer [72] obtained mL/g and for Cd at a pH 3; and for Cd at a pH 5.5; mL/g and for Pb at a pH 3; and mL/g and for Pb at a pH 5.5. The values obtained in the present study for the investigated soil were mL/g, L/g, , L/mg, and mg/g.

Oliveira et al. [73] investigated the adsorption of metals by four soils from the state of Goiás (central Brazil). The obtained values for Cd²⁺ were mL/g, K_f = 1.2–3.0 L/g, and 1/n =0.59–0.87; for Cr⁶⁺, K_d = 2.6–3.8 mL/g, L/g, and ; for Cu²⁺, mL/g, L/g, and ; for Ni²⁺, mL/g, L/g, and ; for Pb²⁺, mL/g, L/g, and ; for Zn²⁺, mL/g, L/g, and .

Linhares et al. [74] indicated that the Langmuir and Freundlich models were better suited to the sorption isotherms of Cd and Pb in heavily weathered tropical soils.

Thus, the maximum adsorbent capacities found were similar to those of other Brazilian soils and adsorbents, such as bagasse fly ash and natural zeolite (Table 7). The values were also consistent with those of other bentonites, indicating that the Boa Vista soil can be used as an adsorbent.

The Pb group showed a particularly higher adsorption. Moreover, Cd and Cu exhibited similar behavior, which also occurred for Cr, Ni, and Zn. The different adsorption behavior among cations is commonly a result of valence, atomic mass, and ionic radius differences. Clay minerals demonstrate a higher affinity to higher valence elements. In this study, cations were divalent () except for Cr (hexavalent). Elements with a lower ionic radius are preferentially adsorbed among elements of the same valence. The order of atomic radius of the divalent cations analyzed is Ni²⁺ < Cu²⁺ < Zn²⁺ < Cd²⁺ < Pb²⁺, with values 0.615, 0.69, 0.73, 0.74, 0.95, 1.19, and 1.29, respectively [87, 88]. The increasing order of atomic mass for the studied elements is Ni < Cu < Zn < Cd < Pb.

Considering the soil analyzed, these different characteristics resulted in different behaviors, in which Pb was the most adsorbed cation, whereas Ni was the least adsorbed.

4. Conclusions

In this study, the results of experimental tests proved that a bentonitic soil from the Brazilian semiarid region can be used as a low-cost adsorbent, acting in the retention of heavy metals (Cd, Cu, Zn, Ni, Cr, and Pb) in initial concentrations of up to 600 mg/L. The sequence of maximum adsorption capacity for heavy metals followed the series Ni<Cr < Zn < Cd < Cu < Pb. The results indicated that the ion valence and ionic radius were factors that influenced this sequence. Therefore, the soil analyzed has a high potential to be used in the retention of heavy metals and can prevent soil and groundwater contamination problems in landfill areas.

Data Availability

Data are available on request.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Acknowledgments

This research was technically and financially linked to landfill monitoring activities conducted by the Environmental Geotechnics Group (GGA), agreement No. 001/2015, signed between the ECOSOLO–Gestão Ambiental de Resíduos Ltda (responsible for the operation of the sanitary landfill) and the Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG), having as an impleaded party the Fundação Parque Tecnológico da Paraíba (PaqTcPB).

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