@article{Markou G._Inglezakis V.J._Mitrogiannis D._Efthimiopoulos I._Psychoyou M._Koutsovitis P._Muylaert K._Baziotis I._2016, title={Sorption mechanism(s) of orthophosphate onto Ca(OH)2 pretreated bentonite}, volume={6}, ISSN={2046-2069}, archiveLocation={Ινστιτούτο Θεωρητικής και Φυσικής Χημείας (ΙΘΦΧ) - Επιστημονικό έργο}, url={https://hdl.handle.net/10442/17036}, DOI={10.1039/c5ra27638a}, abstractNote={Bentonite was chemically pretreated with Ca(OH)2 to enhance orthophosphate phosphorus (OPP) sorption capacity (qe). The pretreatment resulted in an increase of qe from about 0.3 mg P per g to about 8 mg P per g at pH 7 and 25 °C, and of OPP concentration 100 mg P per L. The effects of solution pH, OPP concentration, sorbent dosage, and temperature on OPP sorption onto pretreated bentonite were investigated. The variation of initial pH (4-9) did not affect qe, however, re-adjustment of the final pH showed that the variation of the final pH had a significant positive effect on qe. The sorption kinetics showed a low rate, reaching half of qe in the first 4 h and equilibrium after 96 h. The calculated Langmuir qmax was 11.68 mg P per g. Thermodynamic analysis suggests that the sorption process is spontaneous and endothermic. Desorption of OPP was high in solutions of 0.1 M HCl and 0.01 EDTA-Na2 and reached 83% and 98%, respectively. We conclude that the predominant sorption mechanism for OPP uptake is inner-sphere surface complexation (ligand exchange). Other less important mechanisms such as surface precipitation and replacement of P5+ for Si4+ on the tetrahedral sites of montmorillonite may operate during the OPP uptake process by pretreated bentonite with Ca(OH)2.}, number={27}, journal={RSC Advances}, publisher={Royal Society of Chemistry}, author={Markou G. and Inglezakis V.J. and Mitrogiannis D. and Efthimiopoulos I. and Psychoyou M. and Koutsovitis P. and Muylaert K. and Baziotis I.}, year={2016}, pages={22295–22305} }