Competitive adsorption of Li, Na, K, Rb and Cs ions onto calcium alginate–potassium tetraphenylborate composite adsorbent

Tan Guo, Yaoqiang Hu, Xiaolei Gao, Xiushen Ye, Hai‐Ning Liu, Zhijian Wu

RSC Advances · 2014 · 17 citations · 21 references

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Abstract

The adsorption of alkali metal ions onto the synthesized Ca(ALG)<sub>2</sub>–KB(C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>)<sub>4</sub>beads follows a sequence of Cs<sup>+</sup>&gt; Rb<sup>+</sup>≫ Na<sup>+</sup>∼ Li<sup>+</sup>.

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