Comparación de la efectividad de arcillas caoliníticas con estructura ordenada y desordenada para la remoción Cd(II)

The presence of cadmiun in the environment has increased in the last century by anthropogenic factors. Clay minerals have proven to be useful as adsorbents of, among other substances, heavy metals; due to the high availability and low cost of the process. In this work, we evaluated the effectiveness of two clays with medium percentage of kaolinitic mineral available in Argentina, one with an ordered structure and the other with a disordered structure to remove Cd(II) from aqueous solutions. Under the operated conditions (initial concetration of Cd(II) 2-75 mg/L, 100 mL solution, 2 g/L of clay, 180 min of stirring, 22oC) it was concluded that the disordered kaolinite has a greater adsorption capacity at low concentrations of Cd(II while orderly structure kaolinite for high Cd(II) concentrations. In addition, it was observed that the adsorption process can be effectively studied using the Freundlich and Langmuir isotherms.