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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 135, Issue -, Pages 334-340Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2015.08.091
Keywords
Cellulose nanofibers; Adsorption; Nitrate; Fluoride; Filtration
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- European project NanoSelect, FP7 Collaborative project [280519]
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Cationic cellulose nanofibers (CNF) having 3 different contents of positively charged quaternary ammonium groups have been prepared from waste pulp residues according to a water-based modification method involving first the etherification of the pulp with glycidyltrimethylammonium chloride followed by mechanical disintegration. The cationic nanofibers obtained were observed by scanning electron microscopy and the extent of the reaction was evaluated by conductometric titration, zeta-potential measurements, and thermogravimetric analyses. The cationic CNF had a maximum cationic charge content of 1.2 mmol g(-1) and positive zeta-potential at various pH values. Sorption of negatively charged contaminants (fluoride, nitrate, phosphate and sulphate ions) and their selectivity onto cationic CNF have been evaluated. Maximum sorption of similar to 0.6 mmol g(-1) of these ions by CNF was achieved and selectivity adsorption studies showed that cationic CNF are more selective toward multivalent ions (PO43- and SO42-) than monovalent ions (F- and NO3-). In addition, we demonstrated that cationic CNF can be manufactured into permeable membranes capable of dynamic nitrate adsorption by utilizing a simple paper-making process. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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