The removal of heavy metals in urban runoff by sorption on mulch
The removal of heavy metals in urban runoff by sorption on mulch
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DOI:
10.1016/j.envpol.2004.05.020
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发表时间:
2005-01-01
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8.9
通讯作者:
Bishop, PL
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作者:
Jang, A;Seo, Y;Bishop, PL
A series of adsorption experiments was conducted in order to assess the ability of three mulches to remove several of the heavy metal ions typically encountered in urban runoff. Three types of mulch, cypress bark (C), hardwood bark (H), and pine bark nugget (P), were selected as potential sorbents to capture heavy metals in urban runoff. The hardwood bark (H) mulch had the best physicochemical properties for adsorption of heavy metal ions. In addition, because of its fast removal rate and acceptably high capacity for all the heavy metal ions, it was concluded that the H mulch is the best of the three adsorbents for treatment of urban runoff containing trace amounts of heavy metals. in order to investigate the sorption isotherm, two equilibrium models, the Freundlich and Langmuir isotherms, were analyzed. The sorption of these metals on H mulch conformed to the linear form of the Langmuir adsorption equation. At pH 5 and 6, the Langmuir constants (S-m) for each metal were found to be 0.324 and 0.359 mmol/ g (Cu); 0.306 and 0.350 mmol/g (Pb); and 0.185 and 0.187 mmol/g (Zn) at 25 degreesC. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.