Željka Fiket (Author), Ana Galović (Author), Gordana Medunić (Author), Martina Furdek Turk (Author), Maja Ivanić (Author), Matej Dolenec (Author), Ivica Biljan (Author), Aleš Šoster (Author), Goran Kniewald (Author)

Abstract

Rare earth elements, i.e., lanthanides, are important components of many recently developed technology applications. However, their increasing use in the industrial sector, medicine, and agriculture over the last few decades has provided them with the title of “new pollutants”. Different methods are now applied for the removal of various pollutants from wastewaters, whereby the emphasis is placed on adsorption due to its simplicity, high efficiency, and low cost. In the present study, geopolymers prepared from coal ash were examined regarding their capacity for the adsorption of lanthanides from model solutions. The obtained results indicate the efficient removal of lanthanides by prepared geopolymers, depicting them as effective adsorbents for this group of elements.

Keywords

rare earth elements;geopolymers;adsorption;

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Language: English
Year of publishing:
Typology: 1.08 - Published Scientific Conference Contribution
Organization: UL NTF - Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering
UDC: 55
COBISS: 1413982 Link will open in a new window
ISSN: 2504-3900
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Type (COBISS): Article
Pages: str. 1-6
Volume: ǂVol. ǂ2
Issue: ǂiss. ǂ10
Chronology: 2018
DOI: 10.3390/IECG_2018-05349
ID: 13694373