Natural zeolite which named TS-14 from Tel- Asis area in Syria has beenstudied.
The sample was crashed under fixed force, 5kg/cm2 and sieved with differentsizesieves.
The product was divided to five samples with different size, andnamedTS-14-1,<0.1
25mm,
TS-14-2, 0.125-0.3mm, TS-14-3, 0.3-0.6mm, TS-14-4, 0.6-85mm, TS-14-5, 0.85-1.4mm.
The specific surface area was calculated. The maximum specific surface area was
84.6m2/g for the first sample which has minimum size, then the value of surface area
decreases to become 54.2m2/g for the second sample, therefore the value of surface area
increases for third and fourthsamples to became 60.3m2/g and 66.3m2/g, respectively.
The adsorption of the Ni(II) ions was studied using the samples. The capacity of the
samples is increasing when the granule size is increasing, and the maximum capacity was
91.7mg/g as Ni(II) ions for last sample. The adsorption process of Ni(II) ions takes place
on the heterogeneous centers.
In this work the process of removal of zinc ions from aqueous solutions was studied using natural Syrian zeolite. Two samples were used: natural zeolite Z and modified zeolite with NaCl solution Z-Na. The removal percentage of zinc ions vs. time was
determined using differential initial concentrations of Zn+2: 50,100,200,300,400 mg/L. The contact time was determined and it was 360 min. The removal of Zn+2 ions as a function of temperature and pH have been studied. It was found the increasing of removal percentage by increasing temperature and increasing when pH increasing up to ~7,then the precipitation of zinc hydroxide accurse. The Langmuire adsorption isotherm equation used to calculate the maximum sorption capacity and it was 21.7 and 28.5 mg/g for Z and Z-Na respectively. Results indicate a significant potential for the natural and modified zeolite as an adsorbent/ion-exchange materials for heavy metal removal.
The Syrian natural zeolite from om'ozon area has been studied as adsorbent for Ni(II) ions from aqueous solution. The removal of Ni(II) ions under different conditions was studied adsorption of Ni(II) enhanced with an increase of initial concentratio
n, temperature and PH .all experiments were carried out at contact time 6h.
The amount of Ni(II) adsorption was increased from 16.36 mgNi/g for initial solution concentration of 100mg Ni/l to 71.33 mgNi/g (for C0=1000mgNi/L). The experimental data fitted well to Langmuir isotherm. The maximum capacity was qmax=142.85mgNi/g Adsorption amount at 298K varies from 16.36mgNi/g for initial solution concentration of 100mg Ni/l to 47.93mg Ni/g(for C0=400mgNi/L) and it increases at 333K to 16.65 mgNi/g and 51mgNi/g (for C0=100 and 400 mg Ni/L )respectively. The adsorption of Ni(II) ions was increased by increasing PH up to ~ 5 and then stabilized up to PH=6 and after that the precipitation process was accured.
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.
