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Natural clay from Cuba for environmental remediation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 July 2018

S. A. Martín ,
L. Valdés ,
F. Mérida ,
L. C. de Ménorval ,
M. Velázquez  and
A. Rivera
S. A. Martín
Affiliation:
Zeolites Engineering Laboratory, Institute of Materials Science and Technology (IMRE), University of Havana, 10400 Havana, Cuba
L. Valdés
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy, Institute of Pharmacy and Food (IFAL), University of Havana, 17100 Havana, Cuba
F. Mérida
Affiliation:
Zeolites Engineering Laboratory, Institute of Materials Science and Technology (IMRE), University of Havana, 10400 Havana, Cuba
L. C. de Ménorval
Affiliation:
Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, Equipe Agrégats, Interface, et Matériaux pour l'Energie (AIME), Université Montpellier 2, 34900France
M. Velázquez
Affiliation:
Research Center for Mining Metallurgy Industries (CIPIMM), 10800 Havana, Cuba
A. Rivera*
Affiliation:
Zeolites Engineering Laboratory, Institute of Materials Science and Technology (IMRE), University of Havana, 10400 Havana, Cuba
*
*E-mail: aramis@imre.uh.cu
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Abstract

The use of natural clays for the removal of dyes from wastewater, an important part of environmental remediation, is desirable due, not least, to their low cost. Palygorskite (PAL), a rigid-structure clay, is a good candidate for use in the elimination of industrial effluents, based on its exceptional adsorptive properties. Recently, a new palygorskite deposit has been discovered in Cuba and its use in the adsorption of dyes has not yet been explored in detail. In the present study, the use of unmodified natural Cuban palygorskite as a host for dyes was evaluated. Congo red (CR) and methylene blue (MB) were the anionic and cationic dyes tested, respectively, because of their wide use and toxicity to the environment. Several physical-chemical parameters were studied in order to establish the best experimental conditions under which to achieve the greatest dye load per gram of clay. Natural mixtures with different percentages of montmorillonite were also tested to evaluate their effect on the adsorption of the dyes. The results indicated that at pH values of ~7–9 and an initial dye concentration of 0.1 mg mL–1, the process was efficient. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis proved the surface adsorption of both dyes on the clays. The main interactions involved in the clay-dye system were electrostatic forces and H-bonds. Adsorption of CR seemed to be controlled fundamentally by the palygorskite phase. Such results support the use of this natural clay as an efficient host for the removal of MB and CR from wastewater.

Keywords

dyesnatural claypalygorskite-montmorilloniteremovalCongo redmethylene blue
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Clay Minerals , Volume 53 , Issue 2 , June 2018 , pp. 193 - 201
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Copyright © Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2018 

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Footnotes

This paper was originally presented during the session: ‘ES-02: Environmental applications of clay minerals’ of the International Clay Conference 2017.

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Contributed equally to this work.

Guest Associate Editor: Claudio Camesselle

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