10.4122/1.1000000441
HAMDI, Noureddine
Noureddine
HAMDI
hamdinoureddine@yahoo.fr
HAMDI, Noureddine
Noureddine
HAMDI
hamdinoureddine@yahoo.fr
Adsorption of fluoride by clays from the potential sites for acid waste storage
XVI International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources
2006
2006
Noureddine HAMDI1*, Ezzeddine SRASRA1
1Unité de recherche sur les matériaux, Institut National de recherche scientifique
et technique, Tunis, BP 95-2050 Hammam lif, Tunisia ;
*Corresponding Author: email: hamdinoureddine@yahoo.fr
The aim of this work, consists to evaluate the potential effectiveness of clays
coming from three sites (MK, H and ZB) intended for the storage of acid industrial
waste Charged by F-. The interaction between fluoride and clays is affected by some
parameters: pH, contact time, type of clays and initial fluoride ion concentration.
Firstly, we examined the adsorption of fluoride from NaF solution at various
concentrations and pHs (3, 4, 5,5 and 6,5). We concluded that for each sample the
maximum fluoride sorption capacity was found at pH 3. In the second step, the study
of fluoride adsorption on clay is carried out by the solution of accompanying waste
(pH between 2-3 and F– concentration is 2360 mg/l). MK palygorskitic clay was
showed to be a superior fluoride sorbent than other samples.
Keywords: Clays, Fluoride adsorption, Waste storage.