[Purification of the wastewater of quartz processing by mineral-based porous granulation material]

A mineral-based porous granulation material (MPGM) was prepared for absorbing the heavy metal ions from quartz processing wastewater. Analytic results of the MPGM were illustrated by the techniques of BET, SEM and FT-IR, which revealed the excellent properties of multi-aperture distribution, large specific surface area, low loss ratio and so on; the N2 adsorption-desorption isotherm was type-III with H4 hysteresis loop; the functional groups were dominated by groups of layer silicate mineral. A batch adsorption study was carried out with varied adsorbent dosage, initial pH and reaction time. The results showed that the residual ion concentrations of Fe, Zn, Mn and As were decreased from 77.760, 3.700, 2.789 and 0.963 mg x L(-1) to 3.421, 0.574, 0.126 and 0.034 mg x L(-1), respectively. MPGM might be re-utilized after desorption by 1.0 mol x L(-1) NaCl for 12 hours, and the ideal adsorption performance was maintained after 5 recyclings. The adsorption equilibrium and kinetics followed Langmuir and typical pseudo-first-order/pseudo-second-order adsorption models. Thermodynamic parameters of ΔG(θ) < 0, ΔHθ > 0, ΔSθ > 0 showed that the adsorptions were spontaneous and endothermic processes in the temperature range of 15-45 degrees C.