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ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
Volume 169, Issue -, Pages 435-441Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2018.11.039
Keywords
Adsorption; Granular anthracite; Nitrite; Site energy distribution; Mechanism; Heterogeneous surface
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- National Science and Technology Supporting Program of China [2015BAL04B05]
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Nitrite is one of the world's major contaminants in drinking water resources, and granular anthracite is often used as filter medium in water treatment. In this study, the adsorption characteristics of nitrite on granular anthracite under various temperatures were investigated through adsorption kinetic, isotherm models, and site energy distribution theory. The adsorption of nitrite on granular anthracite was an endothermic reaction, while intraparticle diffusion was not the only rate control step. The adsorption could be well described by using pseudo-second-order and Langmuir-Freundlich equations. The adsorption capacity was 402.51 mg NO2--N kg(-1) at 298 K, which could be significantly improved to 1380.1 mg NO2--N kg(-1) when the temperature reached 308 K. Furthermore, nitrite ions first occupied the high-energy adsorption sites and then diffused to the low-energy adsorption sites on granular anthracite. There were more sites, including high-energy sites and low-energy sites, for nitrite adsorption at 308 K. Besides, the thickness of the boundary layer increased with the adsorption capacity improved at a higher temperature, and nitrite ions were adsorbed mainly through chemical mechanisms. Moreover, the neutral pH was helpful for the adsorption. The presence of co-existing ions could limit the adsorption and the effect followed the order of PO43- > CO32- > SO42- > NO3- > Cl-. The saturated anthracite could be effectively regenerated by 0.2 mol L-1 HCl solution. Therefore, the granular anthracite used as filter medium also has a possible application as a nitrite scavenger at the same time.
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