Enhanced Removal of Mercury and Lead by a Novel and Efficient Surface-functionalized Imogolite with Nanoscale Zero-valent Iron Material
| Autor: | Juliano C. Denardin, Raul Calderón, Karen Manquián-Cerda, Cristóbal Flores, Nicolás Arancibia-Miranda, Estefanía Mabel Martinis, Tamara Maldonado |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Zerovalent iron
Sorbent Materials science Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Iron Langmuir adsorption model Imogolite Sorption General Medicine Mercury Pollution Nanomaterials symbols.namesake Kinetics Adsorption Chemical engineering Lead symbols Environmental Chemistry Water Pollutants Chemical Superparamagnetism |
| DOI: | 10.21203/rs.3.rs-526809/v1 |
| Popis: | A novel hybrid nanomaterial, nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI)-grafted imogolite nanotubes (Imo), was synthesized via a fast and straightforward chemical procedure. The as-obtained nanomaterial (Imo-nZVI) was characterized using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), electrophoretic mobility (EM) and vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM). The prepared Imo-nZVI was superparamagnetic at room temperature and could be easily separated by an external magnetic field. Sorption batch experiments were performed in single- and multicomponent system and showed that Hg2+ and Pb2+ could be quantitatively adsorbed at pH 4.0 with maximum adsorption capacities of 62.3 and 73.8 mg·g− 1, respectively. It was observed that the functional groups in Imo-nZVI interact preferentially with analytes according to Misono Softness parameter. The higher performance of Imo-nZVI compared with Imo and nZVI is related to the increased adsorption sites in the functionalized nanomaterial. The sorption equilibrium data obeyed the Langmuir model, while kinetic studies demonstrated that the sorption processes of Hg2+ and Pb2+ followed the pseudo-second-order model. This study suggests that the Imo-nZVI composite can be used as a promising sorbent and provides a simple and fast separation method for the removal of Hg and Pb ions from contaminated water. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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