期刊
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
卷 234, 期 -, 页码 8-20出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.12.084
关键词
Nanocrystalline; Alginate; CABs-MO; Adsorption; Arsenic; Cadmium
资金
- University of Nebraska -Lincoln
- USGS 104b grant [2015NE269B]
There is a dire necessity of developing low cost waste water treatment systems, for the efficient removal of noxious heavy metals (and metalloids) such as Arsenic (As) and Cadmium (Cd). Magnetic biopolymer (CABs-MO) was synthesized by the entrapment of nanocrystalline MnO2 in the polymeric microcapsules of calcium alginate (CABs). Batch experiments were conducted under constant pH (6.5), temperature (25 degrees C), different initial concentrations (30-300 mg L-1) and contact times (0-48 h) to study the adsorption isotherms and removal kinetics of pristine (CABs) and hybrid biopolymer (CABs-MO) for the removal of As and Cd. The pseudo-equilibrium process was mathematically well explained by the pseudo-second-order kinetic (R-2 >= 0.99) and Langmuir isotherm model (R-2 >= 0.99) with the highest monolayer sorption capacity of 63.6 mg g(-1) for Cd on CABs-MO. The As removal rate was maximum up to 6.5 mg g(-1) after 12 h of contact period in a single contaminant system than in the mixed contaminant (As + Cd) system (0.8 mg g(-1)), though the effect was non-significant for Cd (p < 0.05; t-test). The performance of the 10 mM HCl as a regenerating agent was superior (for As in comparison to Cd, p < 0.05; t-test) compared to distilled water (DW) through three to five regeneration cycles. Therefore, the obtained results clearly validate the feasibility of CABs-MO as a potential promising adsorbent for removing metal contaminants from the wastewater. Further research is required to study the decontamination of emerging contaminants with such novel composite beads characterized by varied physico-chemical properties.
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