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  • Title: Removal of azobenzene from water by kaolinite.
    Author: Zhang X, Hong H, Li Z, Guan J, Schulz L.
    Journal: J Hazard Mater; 2009 Oct 30; 170(2-3):1064-9. PubMed ID: 19523763.
    Abstract:
    The use of natural kaolinite clay to remove azobenzene from aqueous solutions under different pHs, ionic strengths, initial solid mass used, and initial solution concentrations was investigated. Batch kinetic experiments showed that the adsorption of azobenzene onto kaolinite followed a pseudo-second-order kinetics with an initial rate of 7.2 mg/g-h and a rate constant of 0.19 g/mg-h. The equilibrium azobenzene adsorption on kaolinite was well described by the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms with an adsorption capacity of 11 mg/g, or 60 mmol/kg, corresponding to a monolayer adsorption on the surface of kaolinite. Adsorption increased with decreases in solution pH and increases in solution ionic strength. The enthalpy change of adsorption was -38 kJ/mol, suggesting that both physical and chemical adsorption was responsible for the retention of azobenzene on kaolinite. The high affinity of azobenzene for siloxane and gibbsite surfaces was attributed to the attractive Coulombic and van der Waals' forces between the surface and the planar structure of the organic molecule.
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