PMID- 35985389 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220929 LR - 20220929 IS - 1879-1298 (Electronic) IS - 0045-6535 (Linking) VI - 307 IP - Pt 3 DP - 2022 Nov TI - Performance and mechanism of lanthanum-modified zeolite as a highly efficient adsorbent for fluoride removal from water. PG - 136063 LID - S0045-6535(22)02556-5 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136063 [doi] AB - Defluoridation of water is still challenging due to the fluoride pollution of both groundwater and surface water worldwide. In this study, lanthanum-modified zeolite (LMZ) was synthesized from coal fly ash and was investigated for fluoride removal from water by conducting batch and column experiments. Our results indicated that the process of fluoride adsorption was endothermic and the adsorption kinetics on LMZ followed the pseudo-second-order model. A higher temperature increased both the capacity and the rate of adsorption. The maximum fluoride adsorption capacity of LMZ reached 141.5 mg/g with a F/La molar ratio of 4.21, as estimated from the Langmuir model which best fitted the isotherm data. Fluoride adsorption greatly depended on pH, with optimal performance being achieved within approximately 5.0- approximately 7.0. The point of zero charge of LMZ was pH 8.8, at which only bicarbonate ions greatly affected fluoride removal. However, no competing effect was observed at pH 6.3 for all tested anions including chloride, sulphate, nitrate, bicarbonate and acetate. The dominant adsorption mechanism was the ligand exchange of fluoride with hydroxyls on LMZ, as illustrated by the rise in pH due to fluoride adsorption and by the molecular scale spectroscopic FTIR, Raman and XPS studies. Fluoride adsorbed on LMZ was successfully desorbed using NaOH solution, and regenerated LMZ could be reused. The results of column studies showed that LMZ granulated with alginate performed well in treating F(-)-containing water. In conclusion, LMZ is a promising material for efficient defluoridation from water. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Yang, Renjie AU - Yang R AD - School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 800, Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, China. FAU - Chen, Jiabin AU - Chen J AD - School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 800, Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, China. FAU - Zhang, Zhiyong AU - Zhang Z AD - School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 800, Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, China. FAU - Wu, Deyi AU - Wu D AD - School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 800, Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, China. Electronic address: dywu@sjtu.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220816 PL - England TA - Chemosphere JT - Chemosphere JID - 0320657 RN - 0 (Alginates) RN - 0 (Bicarbonates) RN - 0 (Chlorides) RN - 0 (Coal) RN - 0 (Coal Ash) RN - 0 (Ligands) RN - 0 (Nitrates) RN - 0 (Sulfates) RN - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical) RN - 059QF0KO0R (Water) RN - 1318-02-1 (Zeolites) RN - 55X04QC32I (Sodium Hydroxide) RN - 6I3K30563S (Lanthanum) RN - Q80VPU408O (Fluorides) SB - IM MH - Adsorption MH - Alginates MH - Bicarbonates MH - Chlorides MH - Coal MH - Coal Ash MH - Fluorides/chemistry MH - Hydrogen-Ion Concentration MH - Kinetics MH - Lanthanum/chemistry MH - Ligands MH - Nitrates MH - Sodium Hydroxide MH - Sulfates MH - Water MH - *Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis MH - *Water Purification/methods MH - *Zeolites OTO - NOTNLM OT - Adsorption OT - Coal fly ash OT - Fluoride OT - Mechanism OT - Zeolite OT - pH COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2022/08/20 06:00 MHDA- 2022/09/30 06:00 CRDT- 2022/08/19 19:23 PHST- 2022/05/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/08/05 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/08/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/08/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/09/30 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/08/19 19:23 [entrez] AID - S0045-6535(22)02556-5 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136063 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Chemosphere. 2022 Nov;307(Pt 3):136063. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136063. Epub 2022 Aug 16.