Abstract
In the current study, amorphous titanium phosphate (TiP) was prepared as an adsorbent for heavy metals from waters. Uptake of Pb 2+, Zn 2+, and Cd 2+ onto TiP was assayed by batch tests; a polystyrene–sulfonic acid exchanger D-001 was selected for comparison and Ca 2+ was chosen as a competing cation due to its ubiquitous occurrence in waters. The pH-titration curve of TiP implied that uptake of heavy metals onto TiP is essentially an ion-exchange process. Compared to D-001, TiP exhibits more preferable adsorption toward Pb 2+ over Zn 2+ and Cd 2+ even in the presence of Ca 2+ at different levels. FT-IR analysis of the TiP samples laden with heavy metals indicated that the uptake of Zn 2+ and Cd 2+ ions onto TiP is mainly driven by electrostatic interaction, while that of Pb 2+ ions is possibly dependent upon inner-sphere complex formation, except for the electrostatic interaction. Moreover, uptake of heavy metals onto TiP approaches equilibrium quickly and the exhausted TiP particles could be readily regenerated by HCl solution.
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