A study on the reaction kinetics of mineral surface adsorption in mix system

The experimental results on adsorption of ions pb²⁺, Zn²⁺ and Ag⁺ onto mineral surfaces in a mix system show that the reaction kinetics of adions adsorbed onto mineral surfaces was mainly controlled by their diffusion rates in solution. The concentration variations can be fit for the second-order rate equation with good determined coefficients r = 0.800 5—0.979 7. In the near neutral solution, the concentration of exchanged ions K⁺ and Na⁺ related to reaction time can be described by the fint-order rate equation with r = 0.855 7–0.997 7. Meanwhile, the complex diffusionexchange rate equation is suitable for describing the ca^{2 +} concentration variation, as ions Pb^{2 +} and Zn²⁺ were adions. Experimental data show that the amount of ions K⁺, Na⁺and Ca²⁺ release is much more than that of adion decrement in solution. This fact may suggest that the complexstion reaction of adions Pb²⁺, Z²⁺ and Ag⁺ with the mineral surfaces was the major reaction process while adions were not entering the phyllosilicate interlayers or CaCO₃ lattice to exchange the ions K⁺, Na⁺ and Ca²⁺ at room temperature. Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 49773206) and the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (Grant No. 960504)