Pollution in our planet by heavy metals is an important environmental problem threatening the health of human populations and natural ecosystems. Agricultural and industrial pollution release large amounts of heavy metals into the atmosphere, surface water, soil, and plants. The aim of this research work is to determine the potential of application of sodium polyphosphate modified kaolinite clay as an adsorbent for the removal of lead (II), zinc (II) and cadmium (II) ions from aqueous solutions. The adsorbent dosage, pH, temperature and contact time were investigated. The adsorption isotherms...

Shorttitle Humic Acid (HA) is an important constituent of soil organic matter which was the subject of several environmental studies. In this work the adsorption isotherms of Thorium(IV) and Uranium(VI) onto Azraq Humic acid (AZHA) were studied at different temperature and pH values. The results indicate that Thorium(IV) has higher adsorptivity than Uranium(VI). The increasing of pH resulted in higher adsorptivity of Actinides. In contrast to heavy metals and Lanthanides (entropy driven), the adsorption of Actinides on HA was found to be exothermic and so enthalpy driven. This leads to the...