studied the elimination of lead using natural zeolite by studding the the best
conditions to removal lead in a system with two phase: liquid (contaminated water with
lead)-solid (natural zeolite), correlation of the following factors: time of mixin
g phase,
granular size of solid phase, change of pH values, concentration of the calcium element as
a competitor element for the available sites for occupation on the solid phase, the ratio V/m
represents the size of the aqueous phase to the mass of the solid phase and concentration of
lead element.
On the other hand, the possibility of using natural zeolite as a template for storaging
dangerous materials such as lead, has been studied by changing water quality, pH and
temperature.
The results of this research show that and under the following experimental
conditions: time of mixing=4hour, mix of granular size of solid phase, pH< 8,
concentration of calcium = 20 ppm,V/m=100 and concentration of lead = 1000 ppm , the
rate of lead removal range from 60% to 99%.
On the other hand, the results of this research show that changing water quality has
no impact on the ability of natural zeolite for storaging lead as a hazardous waste, while
pH changes have minor effects on this ability of retention and an effect for the high
temperatures on the template was also observed.
