Research Article

Trace Metal Detection in Aqueous Reservoirs Using Stilbene Intercalated Layered Rare-Earth Hydroxide Tablets

Table 1

Sorption of Pb2+ and Cu2+ with different stilbene intercalated lanthanide-containing layered double hydroxides and their physicochemical parameters.

Stilbene intercalated lanthanide-containing LDH materialBET SA (m2/g)Langmuir SA (m2/g)Pore vol. (cm3/g)Pore size (nm)Max. adsorp. Pb2+ (mmol/g)Max. adsorp. Cu2+ (mmol/g)

Dy2(OH)5(C28H20O6S2)0.5.nH2O32.111450.9650.0658.1545.672 ± 0.216.133 ± 0.01
Gd2(OH)5(C28H20O6S2)0.5.nH2O31.475189.2040.0627.8723.23 ± 0.113.678 ± 0.05
Nd2(OH)5(C28H20O6S2)0.5.nH2O28.233102.5960.08512.0652.612 ± 0.323.089 ± 0.09
Sm2(OH)5(C28H20O6S2)0.5.nH2O22.27692.4440.0397.0862.143 ± 0.252.321 ± 0.06
Yb2(OH)5(C28H20O6S2)0.5.nH2O10.13462.5070.03011.9381.872 ± 0.122.043 ± 0.04
Er2(OH)5(C28H20O6S2)0.5.nH2O2.24932.2610.01221.9680.987 ± 0.341.542 ± 0.02
Tb2(OH)5(C28H20O6S2)0.5.nH2O11.35612.3270.04014.1340.541 ± 0.551.123 ± 0.10
Eu2(OH)5(C28H20O6S2)0.5.nH2O1.8782.9590.00510.4640.523 ± 0.120.341 ± 0.02

Maximum adsorption time = 45 minutes; solution pH = 4–8; Temperature = 298 K; SA = Surface area; vol. = Volume