حذف بور از محلول‌های آبی به‌وسیله‌ی کانی زئولیت اصلاح‌شده با هگزادسی‌تری‌متیل‌آمونیوم (HDTMA)

Removal of boron from aqueous environments (soil and water) is difficult, because it is present as B(OH)3 and B(OH)4- species. This research was done to study the sorption of boron by HDTMA-modified zeolite. The sorption of B on modified zeolite was studied as a function of pH (B concentration: 1 and 10 mg L-1) in the range of 6-9.5, and as a function of ionic strength (0.03 and 0.06 M Ca(NO3)2 or Mg(NO3)2) at a constant B concentration of 5 mg L-1. Sorption isotherm was performed for the solutions containing initial B concentration in the range of 1-15 mg L-1 using a 24h batch equilibration experiment. The results revealed that surfactant-modified zeolite exhibited the best performance at pH 9.5, and sorption of B increased with the increase of suspension pH. Greater B adsorption in the Ca system over the Mg system was clearly observed for the modified zeolite. Sorption isotherm of B were well described by the Freundlich and Langmuir models but the Freundlich sorption model described the interaction between B and the mineral material better than the Langmuir model. Maximum sorption capacity (qmax) of the sorbent was 120 mmol kg-1. The experimental data showed that HDTMA-modified zeolite used in this study had a reasonable sorption capacity for B.