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Adsorption capacity of the two adsorbents was investigated as a function of contact time between adsorbent and heavy metal ions solutions, the initial heavy metals concentration of the synthetic wastewater, pH value, temperature and adsorbent mass. Preliminary experiments at different pH values between 2.0 and 7.0 were performed, and were observed that maximum adsorption occurs at pH 5 for copper (q(max) = 92.59 mg · g(–1)), 6.0 for lead (qmax = 97.08 mg · g(–1)) and 6.5 for zinc ions (q(max) = 73.52 mg · g(–1)), respectively. The sorption capacity of studied adsorbents for Pb(2+), Cu(2+) and Zn(2+) was calculated using Langmuir and Freundlich models. Thermodynamic parameters – enthalpy change (ΔH(0)), entropychange (ΔS(0)) and free energy (ΔG(0)) – were calculated for predicting the nature of adsorption. Scanning electron micrograph(SEM) revealed changes in the surface morphology of the adsorbent as a result of heavy metal ions adsorption.EDS characterization confirmed qualitatively the presence of adsorbed species in the samples. On the basis of the obtained results the adsorption it was proposed an ordered adsorption: Pb(2+), Cu(2+) and Zn(2+), on the sorbents we investigated.
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