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Surface reactivity of talc: acid-base behaviour and Cd adsorption
Summary
Researchers characterized the surface chemistry and cadmium adsorption behavior of natural talc using titration and electrokinetic measurements, finding that cadmium binds most efficiently near neutral to slightly alkaline pH via two inner-sphere surface complexes, with adsorption following Freundlich isotherm kinetics and a pseudo-second-order rate equation.
Abstract Using surface titration and electrokinetic measurements in aqueous solutions at 25°C, the surface of natural talc and cadmium adsorption were studied. Using the Mular – Roberts titration method, the point of zero charge of talc was determined to be pH pzc = 8.1 ± 0.1, while the isoelectric point pH iet is approximately 2, which corresponds to the predominance of SiO 2 in the surface layer due to the preferential removal of Mg in the acidic region. When titrating from pH 3 to the alkaline region, ζ-potential of the talc surface exhibits strong hysteresis, becoming positive, and pH iet shifts toward the alkaline region due to the retardation of the reverse exchange reaction Mg 2+ → 2H + . This circumstance suggests that proton adsorption (desorption) occurs only at the outer adsorption sites of the edges, making it possible to apply the theory of surface complexation to adsorption modeling. Cadmium adsorption on talc is described by the Freundlich isotherm, and the adsorption kinetics obey a pseudo-second-order equation. Almost complete adsorption of cadmium is observed in neutral and slightly alkaline solutions (pH 7.5-8). Coupled modeling of proton and cadmium adsorption using the Extended Constant-|Capacitance Model showed that the best agreement with experimental data on both cadmium and proton adsorption is provided by a model with two inner-sphere surface cadmium complexes, >MgOCdOH and >SiOHCd 2+ . Cadmium adsorption (at pH > 6) is primarily determined by the surface complex >MgOCdOH, while minor absorption in the range 4 < pH < 6 is associated with the formation of the silanol complex >SiOHCd 2+ .
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