폐펄프를 흡착제로 $Ni^{2+}$가 함유된 폐수의 흡착 처리시 흡착제로 활용하는 방안을 검토하고자, 흡착질의 초기 농도, 온도, 흡착제인 폐펄프의 양, pH 등을 변화시키고, 공존물질의 농도 및 전처리의 영향 등의 요인을 고려하여 실험하였다. pH 에 따른 폐펄프의 Electrokinetic Potential pH 7.8 보다 낮은 영역에서는 양의 전하를 나타내고, 그 이상의 pH에서는 음의 전하를 나타내었다. 본 연구에서 폐펄프에 대한 $Ni^{2+}$의 흡착은 4시간 이내에 평형에 도달하였고, 흡착질인 $Ni^{2+}$의 초기 농도가 증가할수록 흡착량 역시 증가함을 보였다. 온도가 증가함에 따라 흡착량이 감소하여 흡착반응은 발열반응의 양상을 보였으며 이를 열역학적으로 고찰하였다. 또한 흡착제인 폐펄프의 양이 증가함에 따라 흡착량이 증가하였으며, pH $3{sim}6$ 영역에서 pH 가 증가함에 따라 흡착량이 증가함을 보였는데 이는 폐펄프의 표면전위의 pH에 따른 변화양상과도 일치하는 결과였다. 공존물질인 $KNO_3$의 농도가 증가함에 따라 $Ni^{2+}$ 흡착량이 감소함을 보였고, NaOH 로 페펄프를 전처리한 후 흡착실험을 한 결과 전반적으로 NaOH 의 농도가 상승함에 따라 흡착률이 증가하는 것으로 관찰되었으나 그 값이 어느 한도 이상일 경우 오히려 흡착률이 감소하는 것으로 파악되었다.
The applicability of the waste pulp which produced in the paper recycling process as an adsorbent for the treatment of $Ni^{2+}$ ion in wastewater has been investigated taking the initial concentration of adsorbate, temperature, the amount of adsorbent, and solution pH as the experimental variables. In addition, the effect of the concentration of coexisting solute and pre-treatment of adsorbent on the adsorbability of $Ni^{2+}$ ion were also examined. The electrokinetic potential of waste pulp was observed to be positive below pH 7.8 and negative above this pH. The adsorption reaction of $Ni^{2+}$ ion reached its equilibrium within 4 hours after the reaction was initiated and the adsorbed amount of adsorbate was found to increase with its initial concentration. The adsorbability of $Ni^{2+}$ was raised with temperature so that its adsorption reaction was considered to be exothermic, which was substantiated by thermodynamic calculation. Also, the adsorbed amount of $Ni^{2+}$ was raised with the amount of waste pulp and with pH in the range of pH $3{sim}6$. This behavior of the adsorption of $Ni^{2+}$ according to the solution pH was well agreed with the electrokinetic characteristics of waste pulp in solution. The amount of coexisting solute was observed to reversely affect on the $Ni^{2+}$ adsorption onto waste pulp under the experimental conditions. With regard to the pre-treatment of adsorbent with NaOH, the adsorbability of $Ni^{2+}$ was increased with the concentration of NaOH to a certain extent. However, it was found to decrease contrarily when the concentration of NaOH became too high.
