Development of Recycled Expanded Polystyrene Nanofibers Modified by Chitosan for the Removal of Lead(II) from Water
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Preparation of EPS/CS Nanofibers
2.3. Characterization of EPS/CS Nanofibers
2.4. Batch Adsorption Experiments
2.5. Kinetic Models
2.6. Equilibrium and Thermodynamic Analysis
2.7. Parameters Estimation
2.8. Adsorption and Desorption Cycles: Reuse Experiments
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Characterization of EPS/CS Nanofibers
3.2. Effect of Chitosan Content on the Adsorption of Pb(II) by EPS/CS Nanofibers
3.3. Effect of pH on the Adsorption of Pb(II) by EPS/CS Nanofibers
3.4. Adsorption Kinetics
3.5. Adsorption Isotherms
3.6. Adsorption Thermodynamic Results
3.7. Adsorption and Desorption Cycles: Reuse Experiments
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Pseudo First-Order Model (PFO) | Pseudo Second Order Model (PSO) | ||
---|---|---|---|
q1 (mg g−1) | 26.87 | q2 (mg g−1) | 27.33 |
k1 (min−1) | 0.7925 | k2 (g mg−1 min−1) | 0.1001 |
R2 (%) | 99.02 | R2 (%) | 99.49 |
ARE (%) | 2.73 | ARE (%) | 1.89 |
Isotherm Model | Temperature (K) | |||
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303 | 313 | 323 | 333 | |
Freundlich | ||||
KF ((mg g−1) (mg L−1)−1/nF) | 0.5004 | 0.8577 | 2.459 | 2.56 |
1/nF | 1.0534 | 0.8555 | 0.6072 | 0.5674 |
R2 | 82.82 | 87.69 | 78.66 | 81.91 |
ARE (%) | 35.61 | 27.74 | 30.41 | 25.51 |
BET | ||||
qBET (mg g−1) | 25.04 | 20.54 | 18.86 | 17.78 |
KBET1 (L mg−1) | 0.2365 | 0.2262 | 1.1246 | 0.6508 |
KBET2 (L mg−1) × 103 | 4.998 | 4.255 | 3.927 | 3.592 |
R2 | 98.25 | 99.01 | 96.87 | 97.76 |
ARE (%) | 16.25 | 8.86 | 10.86 | 9.37 |
Aranovich-Donohue | ||||
qAD (mg g−1) | 37.33 | 24.05 | 23.12 | 21.72 |
KL-AD (L mg−1) | 0.0557 | 0.1491 | 0.2277 | 0.2401 |
KAD (L mg−1) × 103 | 5.424 | 4.742 | 4.448 | 4.337 |
n | 0.6361 | 0.6949 | 0.6364 | 0.5378 |
RL-AD | 0.0565 | 0.0219 | 0.0144 | 0.0137 |
R2 | 99.05 | 99.68 | 98.47 | 99.37 |
ARE (%) | 11.3585 | 7.17205 | 12.801 | 6.42509 |
Temperature (K) | ΔG0 (kJ mol−1) | ΔH0 (kJ mol−1) | ΔS0 (kJ mol−1 K−1) |
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303 | −27.75 | 38.75 | 0.22 |
313 | −31.07 | ||
323 | −33.16 | ||
333 | −34.33 |
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Martins, T.R.; Costa, P.S.; Bertuol, D.A.; Aguiar, M.L.; Tanabe, E.H. Development of Recycled Expanded Polystyrene Nanofibers Modified by Chitosan for the Removal of Lead(II) from Water. Metals 2022, 12, 1334. https://doi.org/10.3390/met12081334
Martins TR, Costa PS, Bertuol DA, Aguiar ML, Tanabe EH. Development of Recycled Expanded Polystyrene Nanofibers Modified by Chitosan for the Removal of Lead(II) from Water. Metals. 2022; 12(8):1334. https://doi.org/10.3390/met12081334
Chicago/Turabian StyleMartins, Thiago R., Patrick S. Costa, Daniel A. Bertuol, Mônica L. Aguiar, and Eduardo H. Tanabe. 2022. "Development of Recycled Expanded Polystyrene Nanofibers Modified by Chitosan for the Removal of Lead(II) from Water" Metals 12, no. 8: 1334. https://doi.org/10.3390/met12081334