Sorption of NH4+ and NH3 in a zeolitic tuff
Abstract
In the present research work, a zeolitic tuff consisting mainly of clinoptilolite (66.9%) has been used to carry out sorption experiments of NH4+ in aqueous solutions at 25 °C, and NH3 in the gas phase at 40 °C. Prior to sorption, the tuff has been modified to its potassium and calcium form, respectively. The maximum experimental sorption of NH4+ in the natural tuff was 0.1342 meq/g, in the potassium tuff 0.1850 meq/g, and in the calcium tuff 0.1793 meq/g. The experimental data on NH4+ sorption in natural tuff fit the Freundlich isotherm, while for potassium and calcium tuff they fit the Langmuir isotherm. The maximum experimental amount of NH3 retained for the natural tuff was 2.5190 mmol/g, for the potassium tuff it was 2.1196 mmol/g, and for the calcium tuff 2.4842 mmol/g, in this case, the adsorption model that best fit the experimental data was the Freundlich isotherm.
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