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Abstract
Cadmium is a threat to human health and the environment. Therefore, there is a need for efficient and sustainable adsorbents to remediate cadmium-contaminated water. This study explores the effectiveness of Rhassoul clay/alginate composite beads in adsorbing cadmium from aqueous solutions, a simple, efficient, and cost-effective water treatment method. Various physicochemical factors influencing the adsorption capacity of the Rhassoul/alginate hybrid composite beads were examined, including adsorbent dosage (0.5–4.0 g/L suspension), contact time (30–360 min), pH (2–7), initial Cd2+ concentration (20–200 mg/L), and temperature (25–40 °C). The results revealed an adsorption capacity of 20 mg/g for non-modified Rhassoul clay, while the Rhassoul/alginate composite beads exhibited a significantly higher maximum adsorption capacity of 105 mg/g. Thermodynamic parameters (∆G°, ∆H°, and ∆S°) indicated the process was spontaneous and endothermic.
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The journal Adsorption provides authoritative information on adsorption and allied fields to scientists, engineers, and technologists throughout the world. The information takes the form of peer-reviewed articles, R&D notes, topical review papers, tutorial papers, book reviews, meeting announcements, and news.
Coverage includes fundamental and practical aspects of adsorption: mathematics, thermodynamics, chemistry, and physics, as well as processes, applications, models engineering, and equipment design.
Among the topics are Adsorbents: new materials, new synthesis techniques, characterization of structure and properties, and applications; Equilibria: novel theories or semi-empirical models, experimental data, and new measurement methods; Kinetics: new models, experimental data, and measurement methods. Processes: chemical, biochemical, environmental, and other applications, purification or bulk separation, fixed bed or moving bed systems, simulations, experiments, and design procedures.