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Applied Clay Science 65–66 (2012) 67–71 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Applied Clay Science j ourna l homepage: www.e lsev ie r .com/ locate /c layNote Adsorption of heavy metal ions from aqueous solutions by amine and carboxylate functionalised bentonites T.S. Anirudhan ?, S. Jalajamony, S.S. Sreekumari Department of Chemistry, University of Kerala, Kariavattom, Trivandrum- 695 581, India? Corresponding author. Tel.: +91 4712418782. E-mail address: tsani@ (T.S. Anirudha 0169-1317/$ – see front matter ? 2012 Elsevier B.V. All doi:10.1016/j.clay.2012.06.005a b s t r a c ta r t i c l e i n f oArticle history: Received 19 December 2011 Received in revised form 2 June 2012 Accepted 4 June 2012 Available online 20 July 2012 Keywords: Bentonite 3-aminopropyl trimethoxysilane Heavy metal ions AdsorptionAmine and carboxylate functionalised bentoniteswere used as adsorbents of heavymetal ions (Pb(II), Hg(II) and Cu(II)) from aqueous solutions. 3-aminopropyl trimethoxysilane was grafted on sodium bentonite (Bent), and this amine functionalised bentonite (Bent\NH2) was converted into a carboxylate functionality (Bent\COOH) by reaction with succinic anhydride. Both adsorbents were characterised by FTIR, XRD, TG/DTG, SEM and ele- mental analyses. Both adsorbents showed maximum adsorption of the metal ions at pH 5.0–6.0. The adsorption processes followed pseudo-second-order kinetics. The Freundlich model best fitted the adsorption data. The metal ions were mainly bound by complexation on Bent\NH2 and on Bent\COOH by ion exchange and com- plexation. The regeneration of the adsorbents was tested by repeated adsorption–desorption studies. ? 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.1. Introduction Clay minerals find many applications because of their unique struc- ture (Bergaya et al., 2006; Zhang et al., 2006). Several methods were reported for the modification of bentonites, one of the most widely used clays containing montmorillonite as the main clay mineral (Ber