Alumina is one of the most important oxides in the ceramic industry, being used mainly in the form of calcined alumina or fused applied, among other ways, as adsorbent material. In this work is a transition alumina production method from a mixture of gibbsite, from the Bayer process, gel and aluminum hydroxide, from the reaction of aluminum sulfate and ammonium hydroxide targeting the application as an adsorbent material for removing Cu2 + in aqueous solution. Adsorption conditions including contact time and pH were investigated. Assays were carried out at 30 ° C and 50 ° C, in which 1 g of alumina produced was subjected to contact with 100 ml of an aqueous solution containing Cu2 +. The concentrations of the aqueous solutions employed were 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600 and 2000 ppm copper sulphate solution. The characterization of copper sulfate solutions was performed in UV spectrophotometry and characterization of the material produced was carried out by XRD, EDX and BET surface area. Evaluated the contact time to achieve the adsorption equilibrium which is optimized time 15 min. The effect of pH on the adsorption shows that the adsorption temperature increases there is an increased pH compared with the pH of the initial solution of copper sulfate. The isotherms of Langmuir and Freundlich had satisfactory results for adsorption, and the Langmuir isotherm that better fits the adsorption data. Through the equilibrium isotherms it was found that the material produced has adsorption capacity for Cu2 + ion.
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