| Issue |
E3S Web of Conferences
Volume 1, 2013
Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment
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| Article Number | 01007 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | Remediation I | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20130101007 | |
| Published online | 23 April 2013 | |
Characterization of natural adsorbent material for heavy metal removal in a petrochemical site contamination
Dipartimento di Chimica,Università Sapienza di Roma, Rome, Italy
a federica.blanchi@libero.it
b carmela.farao@uniroma1.it
c moreno.m@uniroma1.it
d marco.petrangelipapini@uniroma1.it
e rodolfo.vignola@yahoo.it
Despite of over 25 years of intensive technological efforts, sub-surface environment cleanup still remains a challenge, especially in case of highly contaminated sites. In this context, ion exchanger technologies could provide simple and effective solutions for heavy metal removal in water treatment. The challenge is finding exchanger able to operate in extreme natural environments or in situations involving natural interfering species such as inorganic ions. In this paper we exam the use of natural zeolites as versatile exchanger for environmental protection of coastal refinery's groundwater against pollution of Ni, Cd, Pb. The influence of particle diameter on clinoptilolite performances toward heavy metal removal is studied. Also, we evaluate the exchanger activities in condition of high ionic strength, commonly present in groundwater located under coastal petrol industries. The obtained results confirmed that ion exchangers could provide an effective solutions for remediation in complex environmental conditions.
Key words: Heavy metal removal / adsorption process / ion exchange / diameter particles
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