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Taylor and Francis Group, Journal of Wood Chemistry and Technology, 2(37), p. 110-123, 2016

DOI: 10.1080/02773813.2016.1253098

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The sorption of monovalent cations onto norway spruce: Model studies using wood flour and LiCl solution

Journal article published in 2016 by Reddysuresh Kolavali, Merima Hasani ORCID, Hans Theliander
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Abstract

The transport of chemicals in a porous material such as wood is very complex and involves several processes: the diffusion of chemicals in the cell pores (lumen and pit pores), through the cell walls at certain conditions, and sorption of wood tissue. In the present study, batch sorption experiments were performed to examine the sorption of Li + ions from an aqueous LiCl solution onto Norway spruce wood flour samples. The experimental methodology employed is suitable for differentiating the amount of ions sorbed onto the wood tissue and dissolved in the solution in wood pores. The apparent equilibrium sorption data were analyzed using two widely applied isotherm models: Langmuir and Freundlich. The results suggest that the sorption was spontaneous, and for the experimental conditions studied, probably involved several interaction types between the different functional groups of the wood and the Li + /Cl − ions.