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This study aims to evaluate the effect of natural and calcined dolomites on phosphate removal in aqueous solution. The solids were characterized and the effects of pH, contact time, and solid concentration on the removal process were analyzed. Dolomite showed an enhanced surface property induced by the thermal treatment at 800 °C, which increased the surface area from 2.350 to 6.229 m2 g−1, calcium and magnesium carbonates were converted to their respective oxides, and the material showed better sorption proprieties for phosphate removal. The adsorption process showed 70–90% of phosphate removal using natural and calcined dolomites, respectively, under the experimental conditions of pH 11, 60 min contact time, and 10 mg L−1 initial phosphate concentration. Pseudo-second-order and Langmuir/Redlich–Peterson were the mathematical models that best described the kinetic and equilibrium mechanisms for phosphate removal. The thermodynamic parameters suggest a spontaneous, endothermic, and random process at the solid/solution interface, confirming a favorable adsorption system. The removal process was controlled by chemisorption phenomena. In that context, natural dolomite can be modified to enhance the surface property induced by the thermal treatment making it a more promising material for use in immobilization of anion pollutants such as phosphate.
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The authors thank the National Council of Technological and Scientific Development (CNPq) and the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) of the Brazilian Government for the financial support granted to carry out this work.
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Jurado, I., Paese, G., Schneider, I.H. et al. Phosphate removal from aqueous solutions using natural and thermic treated dolomites: equilibrium, kinetic, and thermodynamic. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. 19, 1739–1752 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-021-03197-2
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