PMID- 27364487 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170227 LR - 20181202 IS - 1614-7499 (Electronic) IS - 0944-1344 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 19 DP - 2016 Oct TI - Sorption of chlorophenols on microporous minerals: mechanism and influence of metal cations, solution pH, and humic acid. PG - 19266-80 LID - 10.1007/s11356-016-7128-9 [doi] AB - Sorption of 2-chlorophenol (2-CP), 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP), and 2,4,6-trichlorophenol (2,4,6-TCP) on a range of dealuminated zeolites were investigated to understand the mechanism of their sorption on microporous minerals, while the influence of common metal cations, solution pH, and humic acid was also studied. Sorption of chlorophenols was found to increase with the hydrophobicity of the sorbates and that of the microporous minerals, indicating the important role of hydrophobic interactions, while sorption was also stronger in the micropores of narrower sizes because of greater enhancement of the dispersion interactions. The presence of metal cations could enhance chlorophenol sorption due to the additional electrostatic attraction between metal cations exchanged into the mineral micropores and the chlorophenolates, and this effect was apparent on the mineral sorbent with a high density of surface cations (2.62 sites/nm(2)) in its micropores. Under circum-neutral or acidic conditions, neutral chlorophenol molecules adsorbed into the hydrophobic micropores through displacing the "loosely bound" water molecules, while their sorption was negligible under moderately alkaline conditions due to electrostatic repulsion between the negatively charged zeolite framework and anionic chlorophenolates. The influence of humic acid on sorption of chlorophenols on dealuminated Y zeolites suggests that its molecules did not block the micropores but created a secondary sorption sites by forming a "coating layer" on the external surface of the zeolites. These mechanistic insights could help better understand the interactions of ionizable chlorophenols and metal cations in mineral micropores and guide the selection and design of reusable microporous mineral sorbents for sorptive removal of chlorophenols from aqueous stream. FAU - Yang, Hui AU - Yang H AD - State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China. AD - University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China. FAU - Hu, Yuanan AU - Hu Y AD - School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, China. FAU - Cheng, Hefa AU - Cheng H AD - MOE Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China. hefac@umich.edu. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160630 PL - Germany TA - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int JT - Environmental science and pollution research international JID - 9441769 RN - 0 (Cations) RN - 0 (Chlorophenols) RN - 0 (Environmental Pollutants) RN - 0 (Humic Substances) RN - 0 (Minerals) RN - 0 (Solutions) RN - 1318-02-1 (Zeolites) RN - 789U1901C5 (Copper) RN - E1UOL152H7 (Iron) RN - K9KAV4K6BN (2-chlorophenol) RN - MHS8C5BAUZ (2,4,6-trichlorophenol) RN - R669TG1950 (2,4-dichlorophenol) SB - IM MH - Adsorption MH - Cations/chemistry MH - Chlorophenols/*chemistry MH - Copper/chemistry MH - Environmental Pollutants/*chemistry MH - Humic Substances/analysis MH - Hydrogen-Ion Concentration MH - Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions MH - Iron/chemistry MH - Minerals/chemistry MH - Porosity MH - Solutions MH - Zeolites/*chemistry OTO - NOTNLM OT - Chlorophenol OT - Humic acid OT - Hydrophobic effect OT - Metal cations OT - Microporous minerals OT - Sorption EDAT- 2016/07/02 06:00 MHDA- 2017/02/28 06:00 CRDT- 2016/07/02 06:00 PHST- 2016/02/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/06/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/07/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/07/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/02/28 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/s11356-016-7128-9 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s11356-016-7128-9 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2016 Oct;23(19):19266-80. doi: 10.1007/s11356-016-7128-9. Epub 2016 Jun 30.