Selectivity of Na-Montmorillonite versus Concentration of Two Competitive Bivalent Cations (Cu2+, Pb2+): Quantitative XRD Investigation

The goal of this paper is to examine, by quantitative XRD analysis, the effect of heavy metal cation concentrations (Pb2+, Cu2+) on the selectivity phenomenon in the case of dioctahedral smectite (i.e., Na-montmorillonite). The quantitative XRD analysis is achieved using an indirect method based on...

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Main Authors: W. Oueslati, M. Meftah, H. Ben Rhaiem, A. Ben Haj Amara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2009-01-01
Series:Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/385673