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Diatoms and Their Capability for Heavy MetalRemoval by Cationic Exchange



Román Gutiérrez, Alma Delia

2017

Hernández-Ávila, J., Salinas-Rodríguez, E., Cerecedo-Sáenz, E., Reyes-Valderrama, M.I., Arenas-Flores, A., Román-Gutiérrez, A.D., Rodríguez-Lugo, V.,Metals 2017, 7(5), 169; doi:10.3390/met7050169


Abstract


This work shows the physicochemical behavior of two different diatoms from the country of Mexico (State of Jalisco and Hidalgo) with similar compositions. These were used to eliminate toxic cations from a synthetic solution containing 5.270 mg As3+/L; 4.280 mg Ag+/L; 3.950 mgNi2+/L; 4.090 mg Cr6+/L; and 4.081 mg Pb2+/L. These diatoms were used as filters, and the quantity of cations remaining in the solution after filtering was measured. According to the most important results found, for the recovery of metals, both minerals achieved arsenic, silver, lead, and nickel recoveries up to 95%, and lower than 10% for chromium. This could be due to the absence of an environment to reduce Cr6+ to Cr3+. On the other hand, it was observed that there was no selectivity during the recovery of the other cations present in the solution. According to efficiency of interchange, the mineral from Hidalgo is slightly better than the mineral from Jalisco for the removal of arsenic, lead, and silver. For nickel, and particularly Cr6+, the efficiency is higher for the sample from Jalisco. 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.



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