Michel Baudu, Michel Harel, Omar Bouras, Faiza Zermane, Jean-Claude Bollinger, Sabiha Hamidouche, M. Houari, Benamar Cheknane, Jean Debord, Département de Chimie Industrielle, Université de Saâd Dahlab [Blida] (USDB )-Faculté des Sciences de l'Ingénieur, Université de Saâd Dahlab [Blida] (USDB )-Faculté De Technologie Blida1, Université de Saâd Dahlab [Blida] (USDB ), Pharmacologie des Immunosuppresseurs et de la Transplantation (PIST), Université de Limoges (UNILIM)-CHU Limoges-Génomique, Environnement, Immunité, Santé, Thérapeutique (GEIST FR CNRS 3503)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Service de Pharmacologie, toxicologie et pharmacovigilance [CHU Limoges], CHU Limoges, Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse UMR5219 (IMT), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université Toulouse 1 Capitole (UT1), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Groupement de Recherche Eau, Sol, Environnement (GRESE), Université de Limoges (UNILIM), Université Saâd Dahlab Blida 1 (UB1)-Faculté des Sciences de l'Ingénieur, Université Saâd Dahlab Blida 1 (UB1)-Faculté De Technologie Blida1, Université Saâd Dahlab Blida 1 (UB1), Université Toulouse Capitole (UT Capitole), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), and Bollinger, Jean-Claude
International audience; New generations of hydrophobic composite geomaterials intended to sorb certain hazardous wastes are assembled by mixing surfactant-modified aluminum-pillared montmorillonite (Al-SMPM) with activated carbon (AC). The sorption of 4-nitrophenol (4NP) and 2-nitrophenol (2NP) on these sorbents was studied in both single and binary component systems from aqueoussolutions using batch tests. Results showed the efficiency of these composite sorbents relative to the two phenolic compounds, with a dominant contribution from Al-SMPM. In single-component systems, sorption isotherms of 4NP and 2NP as a function of pH were analyzed with the Freundlich equation, whose statistical interpretation was also developed. Sorption capacities sharplydecreased when the solution pH value was raised from 3 to 9. In binary-component systems, the fit between measured and predicted simultaneous sorption capacities of both 4NP and 2NP indicated that the Sheindorf-Rebhun-Sheintuch model, an extended Freundlich model, is fully applicable. The 2NP favorably influences the sorption of 4NP. The synergistic effect between these two nitrophenol compounds has been confirmed by the higher competition coefficients, which increase with increasing pH. A number of hypotheses, based on the Abraham's solvation parameters model, have been advanced to discuss this mechanism.