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Adsorption of phenanthrene by stevensite and sepiolite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

D.E. González-Santamaría ,
E. López ,
A. Ruiz ,
R. Fernández ,
A. Ortega  and
J. Cuevas
D.E. González-Santamaría
Affiliation:
Departamento de Geología y Geoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco s/n. 28049, Madrid, Spain
E. López
Affiliation:
Departamento de Geología y Geoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco s/n. 28049, Madrid, Spain
A. Ruiz
Affiliation:
Departamento de Geología y Geoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco s/n. 28049, Madrid, Spain
R. Fernández
Affiliation:
Departamento de Geología y Geoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco s/n. 28049, Madrid, Spain
A. Ortega
Affiliation:
Departamento de Geología y Geoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco s/n. 28049, Madrid, Spain
J. Cuevas*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Geología y Geoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco s/n. 28049, Madrid, Spain
*
*E-mail: daniel.gonzalez01@uam.es
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Abstract

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are increasingly widespread pollutants introduced into the environment via oil spillage and incomplete anthropogenic combustion of fossil fuels. In this work, the capacity of stevensite and sepiolite to adsorb phenanthrene (PHE) has been evaluated experimentally by batch testing. Both clay minerals are distributed widely in the Madrid Basin, are of low cost and can be applied with minimal environmental impact. In the context of few previous studies, adsorption isotherms have been developed to understand the adsorption mechanisms and were fitted to the Freundlich and linear models with virtually the same results. Although stevensite showed greater adsorption capacity than sepiolite, the isotherms were constructed for equilibrium concentrations up to 0.8–1.0 mg/L due to the low solubility of PHE in water. When compared to other adsorbents the ability of stevensite to retain PAHs should be examined further in order to add and complement novel functions in reactive barriers.

Keywords

organic pollutantsphenanthrenesepiolitestevensiteadsorption isotherms
Type
Research Article
Information
Clay Minerals , Volume 52 , Issue 3 , September 2017 , pp. 341 - 350
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2017

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