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Enhanced adsorption of Cr (VI) from aqueous solution by zirconium impregnated chitosan microspheres: mechanism and equilibrium

Enhanced adsorption of Cr (VI) from aqueous solution by zirconium impregnated chitosan microspheres: mechanism and equilibrium
Enhanced adsorption of Cr (VI) from aqueous solution by zirconium impregnated chitosan microspheres: mechanism and equilibrium
The present paper reports a novel adsorbent that is synthesized with chitosan and zirconium ions through a simple method, for the removal of Cr (VI) ions from solutions. In this study, the effects of solution pH, absorbent dosage, contact time, and initial concentration were evaluated through a series of experiments. The modified chitosan was also characterized by SEM-EDS, FTIR, TG, and XPS. It is found that the Cr (VI) adsorption capacity by Zr-CS of 230.41 mg/g, was achieved at pH 4.5. The adsorption results indicated that the adsorption process was in line with Langmuir isotherm at 25°C. At the same time, the kinetic studies indicated that the adsorption process followed a pseudo-second-order model. Therefore, Zr-CS is a very promising adsorbent for the treatment of chromium-containing wastewater. XPS and element spectrum images, however, showed the difference between the adsorbent before and after Cr (VI) adsorption. According to the data, the adsorption should include electrostatic interaction between protonated amino and Cr (VI) as well as complexation of Zr with Cr (VI). According to the experimental data, it is believed that zirconium-modified chitosan adsorbent is an effective adsorbent for removing chromium ions in the solution.
Cr (VI), Zr, adsorption, chitosan, complexation, electrostatic interaction
0149-6395
Zhang, Yingting
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Lan, Guihong
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Zhang, Yingting, Lan, Guihong, Liu, Yongqiang, Zhang, Tailiang, Qiu, Haiyan, Li, Feng and Yan, Junhua (2020) Enhanced adsorption of Cr (VI) from aqueous solution by zirconium impregnated chitosan microspheres: mechanism and equilibrium. Separation Science and Technology. (doi:10.1080/01496395.2020.1842451).

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The present paper reports a novel adsorbent that is synthesized with chitosan and zirconium ions through a simple method, for the removal of Cr (VI) ions from solutions. In this study, the effects of solution pH, absorbent dosage, contact time, and initial concentration were evaluated through a series of experiments. The modified chitosan was also characterized by SEM-EDS, FTIR, TG, and XPS. It is found that the Cr (VI) adsorption capacity by Zr-CS of 230.41 mg/g, was achieved at pH 4.5. The adsorption results indicated that the adsorption process was in line with Langmuir isotherm at 25°C. At the same time, the kinetic studies indicated that the adsorption process followed a pseudo-second-order model. Therefore, Zr-CS is a very promising adsorbent for the treatment of chromium-containing wastewater. XPS and element spectrum images, however, showed the difference between the adsorbent before and after Cr (VI) adsorption. According to the data, the adsorption should include electrostatic interaction between protonated amino and Cr (VI) as well as complexation of Zr with Cr (VI). According to the experimental data, it is believed that zirconium-modified chitosan adsorbent is an effective adsorbent for removing chromium ions in the solution.

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Accepted/In Press date: 21 October 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 4 November 2020
Keywords: Cr (VI), Zr, adsorption, chitosan, complexation, electrostatic interaction

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Local EPrints ID: 445559
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/445559
ISSN: 0149-6395
PURE UUID: 02849001-722e-4d13-a6a0-9470b5641075
ORCID for Yongqiang Liu: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9688-1786

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Date deposited: 16 Dec 2020 17:31
Last modified: 06 Jun 2024 04:20

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Author: Yingting Zhang
Author: Guihong Lan
Author: Yongqiang Liu ORCID iD
Author: Tailiang Zhang
Author: Haiyan Qiu
Author: Feng Li
Author: Junhua Yan

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