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Equilibrium studies and modeling on the removal of 56Mn(II) by alumina and kaolinite

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The removal of manganese from aqueous solutions on synthetic alumina and natural kaolinite was investigated in batch experiments as a function of pH. Experiments were carried out by using the radiotracer 56Mn, produced by neutron activation. Theoretical analysis of manganese removal was performed considering the existence of a single type of surface sites, denoted as ≡ SOH°. The uptake of manganese on kaolinite is similar to that on alumina, indicating that adsorption occurred on the variable-charged aluminol sites. Adsorption experiments suggest that ≡ AlOH° group is the most probable edge site for complexing manganese cations through mononuclear surface complexes (≡ AlOMn+) and (≡ AlOMnOH).

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The authors thank Juan Vidal for conducting radiochemical measurements and also acknowledge the Reactor team at ININ for their assistance in radionuclide production.

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Badillo-Almaraz, V.E., López-Reyes, C. & Soriano-Rodríguez, J.M. Equilibrium studies and modeling on the removal of 56Mn(II) by alumina and kaolinite. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 316, 571–578 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-018-5823-3

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