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Energetic Aspects Related to Heavy Metals Adsorption on the Surface of Volcanic Tuff I. The Influence of Activation Parameters in Cu2+ Adsorption

Leonard Mihaly-Cozmuta, Teodor Visan, Anca Mihaly-Cozmuta, Camelia Varga, Vasile Viman and Gheorghe Vatca

Abstract

The article develops some physico-chemical aspects presented along of copper ions adsorption in treatment of wastewaters using volcanic tuff. In the experiments volcanic tuff from Stoiana Pâglişa (Romania) has been used. Different concentrations of NaCl and HCl solutions were used for activation of tuff. The increase of activation solutions' concentrations indicates an intensification of specific adsorption of copper as consequence of energetic changes of the active centers spread on the tuff surface.

American Journal of Environmental Sciences
Volume 1 No. 2, 2005, 159-163

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajessp.2005.159.163

Submitted On: 15 June 2005 Published On: 30 June 2005

How to Cite: Mihaly-Cozmuta, L., Visan, T., Mihaly-Cozmuta, A., Varga, C., Viman, V. & Vatca, G. (2005). Energetic Aspects Related to Heavy Metals Adsorption on the Surface of Volcanic Tuff I. The Influence of Activation Parameters in Cu2+ Adsorption. American Journal of Environmental Sciences, 1(2), 159-163. https://doi.org/10.3844/ajessp.2005.159.163

Open AccessCopyright: © 2005 Leonard Mihaly-Cozmuta, Teodor Visan, Anca Mihaly-Cozmuta, Camelia Varga, Vasile Viman and Gheorghe Vatca. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Keywords

  • Copper adsorption
  • clinoptilolite
  • activation process