Adsorption of Copper (II) from Aqueous Solutions with Alginate/Clay Hybrid Materials
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Preparation of Calcium Alginate/Clay Hybrid Composite Beads
2.3. Structural Characterization
2.4. Batch Adsorption Experiments
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Characterization of Modified Clays
3.2. Characterization of Alginate/Clay Hybrid Composite Beads
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Element | Untreated Montmorillonite | Untreated Kaolin | Treated Montmorillonite | Treated Kaolin |
---|---|---|---|---|
Carbon (C) | 12.45 | N.D. | N.D. | 59.42 |
Oxygen (O) | 48.84 | 60.15 | 52.62 | N.D. |
Natrium (Na) | N.D. | N.D. | 1.19 | 0.40 |
Magnesium (Mg) | 1.53 | 0.44 | 1.60 | 0.53 |
Aluminum (Al) | 8.08 | 15.83 | 10.20 | 18.57 |
Silicon (Si) | 16.05 | 21.81 | 27.89 | 19.96 |
Phosphorus (P) | N.D. | 0.03 | N.D. | 0.04 |
Potassium (K) | 2.60 | 1.03 | 2.36 | 0.46 |
Calcium (Ca) | 4.61 | N.D. | N.D. | N.D. |
Titanium (Ti) | 0.66 | 0.17 | 0.52 | 0.14 |
Iron (Fe) | 4.29 | 0.55 | 3.64 | 0.48 |
Clay | Z-Average (nm) | PdI | Size for Peak 1 (nm) | Size for Peak 2 (nm) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Treated montmorillonite | 899.5 ± 4.738 | 0.697 ± 0.33 | 515.1 ± 104 | 71.15 ± 20 |
Treated kaolin | 667 ± 13.08 | 0.614 ± 0.054 | 369.0 ± 33.8 | - |
Adsorbent | Pseudo-First-Order Kinetic Model | Pseudo-Second-Order Kinetic Model | Intraparticle Diffusion Model | ||||||
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K1 (L/min) | qmax (mg g−1) | R2 | K2 (g/mg min) | qmax (mg g−1) | R2 | Ki (mg/g min0.5) | Ci | R2 | |
Alginate/Montmorillonite | 0.0175 | 0.440 ± 0.030 | 0.9892 | 0.0253 | 0.540 ± 0.040 | 0.99435 | 0.027 ± 0.0014 | 0.008 ± 0.016 | 0.95709 |
Alginate/Kaolin | 0.0230 ± 0.0011 | 0.270 ± 0.080 | 0.9268 | 0.0308 | 0.341 ± 0.023 | 0.95532 | 0.016 ± 0.0006 | 0.02 ± 0.005 | 0.98567 |
Adsorbent | Langmuir Parameters | Freundlich Parameters | |||||
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qmax (mg g−1) | KL | RL | R2 | KF | 1/n | R2 | |
Alginate/Montmorillonite | 0.6802 ± 0.02 | 1.225 | 0.7655 | 0.9799 | 2.864 | 0.505 | 0.8593 |
Alginate/Kaolin | 0.3389 ± 0.03 | 0.665 | 0.8572 | 0.9400 | 7.433 | 0.472 | 0.8426 |
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Râpă, M.; Ţurcanu, A.A.; Matei, E.; Predescu, A.M.; Pantilimon, M.C.; Coman, G.; Predescu, C. Adsorption of Copper (II) from Aqueous Solutions with Alginate/Clay Hybrid Materials. Materials 2021, 14, 7187. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14237187
Râpă M, Ţurcanu AA, Matei E, Predescu AM, Pantilimon MC, Coman G, Predescu C. Adsorption of Copper (II) from Aqueous Solutions with Alginate/Clay Hybrid Materials. Materials. 2021; 14(23):7187. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14237187
Chicago/Turabian StyleRâpă, Maria, Anca Andreea Ţurcanu, Ecaterina Matei, Andra Mihaela Predescu, Mircea Cristian Pantilimon, George Coman, and Cristian Predescu. 2021. "Adsorption of Copper (II) from Aqueous Solutions with Alginate/Clay Hybrid Materials" Materials 14, no. 23: 7187. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14237187