Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 211, Issue -, Pages 727-735Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.03.147
Keywords
Biochar; Mercury (II); Atrazine; Chemical modification; Cosorption
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41301311, 51309005]
- Science and Technology Planning Project of Shenzhen, China [JCYJ20150629144818001]
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Corn straw biochar (BC) was used as a precursor to produce Na2S modified biochar (BS), KOH modified biochar (BK) and activated carbon (AC). Experiments were conducted to compare the sorption capacity of these sorbents for aqueous Hg (II) and atrazine existed alone or as a mixture. In comparison to BC, the sorption capacity of BS, BK and AC for single Hg (II) increased by 76.95%, 32.12% and 41.72%, while that for atrazine increased by 38.66%, 46.39% and 47 times, respectively. When Hg (II) and atrazine coexisted in an aqueous solution, competitive sorption was observed on all these sorbents. Sulfur impregnation was an efficient way to enhance the Hg (II) removal due to the formation of HgS precipitate, and oxygen-containing functional groups on the sorbents also contributed to Hg (II) sorption. Activated carbon was the best sorbent for atrazine removal because of its extremely high specific surface area. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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