TY - JOUR
TI - Preparation of bioinorganic fertilizing media by adsorption of humates on glassy aluminosilicates
AU - Chassapis, K.
AU - Roulia, M.
AU - Vrettou, E.
AU - Parassiris, A.
JO - Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces
PY - 2010
VL - 81
TODO - 1
SP - 115-122
PB - 
SN - 0927-7765
TODO - 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2010.06.031
TODO - Adsorption model;  Adsorption phenomena;  Adsorption site;  Attraction force;  Bio fertilizers;  Eco-friendly;  Expanded perlite;  Experimental data;  Free energy change;  Freundlich;  Higher temperatures;  Host materials;  Host-guests;  Humates;  Humic substances;  Microbial populations;  Micromorphologies;  Non-uniform distribution;  Perlite;  Physicochemical characteristics;  Redlich-Peterson isotherms;  Self-assembled;  Self-organized;  Soil applications;  Surface-modified;  Theoretical models;  Thermodynamic quantities, Adsorption isotherms;  Aluminosilicates;  Desorption;  Fertilizers;  Soil conditioners;  Soils, Adsorption, aluminum silicate;  fertilizer, adsorption kinetics;  article;  controlled study;  desorption;  energy conversion;  enthalpy;  entropy;  fertilizer application;  fungus culture;  humic substance;  infrared spectroscopy;  micromorphology;  nonhuman;  physical chemistry;  priority journal;  scanning electron microscopy;  soil fertilization;  surface property;  theoretical model;  ultraviolet spectroscopy, Adsorption;  Aluminum Oxide;  Aluminum Silicates;  Colony Count, Microbial;  Fertilizers;  Glass;  Humic Substances;  Hydrogen-Ion Concentration;  Microscopy, Electron, Scanning;  Silicon Dioxide;  Soil;  Soil Microbiology
TODO - Surface-modified expanded perlite was synthesized using humic substances from the Megalopolis peaty lignite. Adsorption is efficient and increases at higher temperatures and lower pHs. The preparation can be carried out under mild conditions leading to an eco-friendly, bioinorganic material useful as soil conditioner and biofertilizer. Six adsorption models were applied; the Klotz, Freundlich and Redlich-Peterson isotherms fit more successfully to the experimental data. The obeying of the theoretical models was correlated with the heterogeneity and non-uniform distribution of the adsorption sites, host-guest attraction forces as well as the formation of self-assembled aggregates and self-organized multilayers of humic substances onto the aluminosilicate adsorbent, consistent with changes in micromorphology. Thermodynamic quantities revealing distinct physicochemical characteristics of the adsorption phenomena, i.e., enthalpy, entropy and free energy change, were calculated. Desorption experiments and cultivation of microorganisms demonstrated that perlite may act successfully as host material for microbial populations upgrading the humic-loaded perlite for soil applications. © 2010 Elsevier B.V.
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