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C s M a b c a A R R A A K H C L M A A 1 w o p k w t p m s a e t m c i s g Y f 0 hApplied Surface Science 258 (2012) 7389– 7394 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Applied Surface Science j our nal ho me p age: www.elsev ier .com/ loc ate /apsusc admium(II) and lead(II) adsorption onto hetero-atom functional mesoporous ilica and activated carbon otoi Machidaa,b,c,?, Babak Fotoohia, Yoshimasa Amamob,c, Louis Merciera Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faulty of Science and Engineering, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan Safety and Health Organization, Chiba University, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan r t i c l e i n f o rticle history: eceived 12 September 2011 eceived in revised form 28 February 2012 ccepted 7 April 2012 vailable online 21 April 2012 eywords: a b s t r a c t Adsorption of cadmium(II) and lead(II) on amino-, mercapto-functionalized mesoporous silica (HMS) and carboxylic-functionalized activated carbon (AC) were examined. The resultant isotherms fitted the Langmuir model and amino-functionalized HMS exhibited the highest adsorption capacity for both cadmium(II) and lead(II). Adsorption affinities for cadmium(II) were always greater than those for lead(II) in all three adsorbent types, while the difference between the two values was the largest for mercapto-functionalized HMS indicating a selective adsorption of cadmium(II). Influence of equilib-eavy metals admium ead esoporous silica ctivated carbon rium solution pH on adsorption of cadmium(II), lead(II) and their binary mixtures was also studied. Carboxylic-functionalized AC adsorbed cadmium(II) and lead(II) in a wide pH range than conditions for the mercapto-functionalized HMS. It was concluded that e