The possibility of using tuff and modified Jordanian naturalzeolite to remove the iron
ions, a model component of heavy metals in underground water, off aqueous solution were
studied. Bench-scale process was used to remove the iron ions off standar
d solutions and
real under ground water. Different parameters affected the ion exchange have been
investigated, such as concentration, modifier type and PH. Zeolite characterizations
weredetermined as XRD, XRF, BET, TGA, andFTIRmethods.We found that the modified
zeolite with sodium chloride had more effect than other salts and the iron ions exchange
efficiency depends on concentration.Zeolite efficiency was affected by PH value. Time of
sorption equilibrium achieved within 250 min. The results agree with Langmuir model.
The study was carried out to remove of heavy metals (V+5, Ni+2)
under static conditions from aqueous solutions by Syrian Zeolite
mineral extracted from south of Syria. The results revealed that
operational conditions such as initial solution pH and concentration,
adsorbent particle size, the presence of competing cations, are able
to affect the adsorption capacity and efficiency of natural zeolite.
The study was carried out on the sorption of heavy metals (Pb+2, Zn+2) under static
conditions from single- and multicomponent aqueous solutions by Syrian Zeolite mineral
extracted from south Syria. The removal has an ion-exchange nature and consis
ts of three
stages: the adsorption on the surface of microcrystals, the inversion stage, and the
moderate adsorption in the interior of the microcrystal, The study showed that equilibrium
time is 6 hours, and The slight difference between adsorption capacity of the Zeolite
toward lead, zinc from single- and multicomponent solutions may testify to individual
sorption centers of the zeolite for each metal. The maximum sorption capacity toward pb2+
is determined as 33.89 mg/g at an equilibrium concentration of 261.07 mg/L and toward
Zn+2 as 29.18 mg/g at 309.818 mg/L. Langmuir and Freundlich Adsorption Isotherms
were used to evaluate natural zeolite adsorption performance for Lead, Zinc. These
Isotherms were able to provide suitable fit with experimental data, the factor R2 ranged
between 0.95 – 0.99, with better fit to Langmuir Isotherm.
