KINETICS OF ADSORPTION OF ORGANIC AND INORGANIC PHOSPHATES BY SHORT-RANGE ORDERED PRECIPITATE OF ALUMINUM

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The kinetics of the adsorption of orthophosphate (Pi), inositol hexaphosphate (IHP), inositol monophosphate (IMP) and glucose 6-phosphate (G6P) by short-range ordered precipitate of Al were studied at the initial pH 4.50 and in the temperature range of 278–308 K. This information is essential for understanding the rate and energy relationship of the adsorption of phosphates by short-range ordered Al precipitate. The amounts of Pi and IHP adsorbed by the Al precipitate were much higher than those of IMP and G6P adsorbed in the temperature range and reaction periods studied. The adsorption can be divided into two stages, a fast adsorption before 1 h and a slow adsorption between 1 and 24 h. The adsorption at both stages obeyed the first-order kinetics. Among all the phosphates studied, the adsorption of Pi proceeded most rapidly. The rate constants for the adsorption of IHP were much greater than those of G6P and IMP at the same temperature; this was attributed to the functionality of multiple phosphate groups of IHP. The Arrhenius activation energies for the adsorption of Pi, IHP, IMP and G6P, which were estimated from the slow reaction, were 48 ± 2, 89 ± 4, 100 ± 8 and 108 ± 10 KJ/mol P adsorbed, respectively. Key words: Organic phosphate, precipitate of aluminum, adsorption, rate constant, Arrhenius activation energy

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