A facile strategy without organic template was developed for the conversion of fly ash to LTA-type zeolite(LTA-Z),which could be used as a good adsorbent for the removal of acid fuchsin(AF).XRD results indicated that the pure crystalline product was obtained with the structure of LTA-type zeolite.SEM investigations showed that the well-defined LTA-Z crystals exhibited uniform size with the same cubic shape.The maximum AF adsorption amount was observed at pH=5,slightly lower than pHPZC of LTA-Z.Higher temperature favored AF adsorption onto LTA-Z and it was an endothermic process.Furthermore,AF adsorption amount increased with initial AF concentration increasing and LTA-Z dosage decreasing.Surface sorption governed this process at the initial 120 min period,followed by the internal diffusion of AF molecules between porous sites.The Langmuir model was determined as the adsorption isothermal,suggesting that the monolayer coverage of AF on LTA-Z surface was involved.
Dyeing wastewater containing methyl orange (MO) could be effectively discolored by schorl-catalyzed Fenton-like system. Experimental results indicated that the MO discoloration ratios could be increased by increasing schorl dosage, temperature, initial H2O2 concentration, and by decreasing solution pH. When the raw schorl and the schorl samples sintered at 750°C, 850°C, 950°C and 1050°C were used as catalyst in Fenton-like system, the MO discoloration ratios obtained were 82%, 31%, 30%, 31% and 7%, respectively. XRD results showed that samples sintered at 750°C, 850°C and 950°C had no change in structure and still held the crystal structure of schorl and quartz, but, the content of schorl crystal decreased. Whereas, schorl crystal completely disappeared in the sample sintered at 1050°C and two new crystal phases of hematite and spinel were formed, which resulted in disappearance of the spontaneous ‘electrostatic poles’. Hence, it was inferred that the electrostatic field of schorl crystal could enhance the MO discoloration by schorl-catalyzed Fenton-like reaction.
