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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 303, Issue -, Pages 156-166Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2016.05.137
Keywords
Perfluorinated compounds; Fluorine-fluorine interaction; Magnetic nanocomposite; Surface water; Selective removal
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- Natural Science Foundation of China [21577043]
- Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education [20120142110012]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [HUST: 2015MS084]
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In this study, a novel silica membrane functionalized with amino group and octyl-perfluorinated chain was prepared on the periphery of Fe3O4 nanoparticle (NP). The obtained nanocomposite (Fe3O4@SiO2-NH2&F-13) exhibited good selectivity for perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) by electrostatic and fluorine fluorine (F-F) interaction with the addition of size exclusion effect. In ethanol, the monolayer coverage of PFCs occurred on most of the binding sites and the adsorption capacity were in the range of 13.20-111.14 mg g(-1). In aqueous solution, due to the hydrophobicity of perfluoroalkane chain, some PFCs (C >= 8) may also stick together on the composite surface, which made the sorption amounts of these PFCs greatly enhanced. Thereafter, Fe3O4@SiO2-NH2&F-13 was used for rapid and selective removal of nine PFCs from surface water sample. In 1 L of spiked water samples fortified at 0.5-50 ng L-1 levels, the composite showed a better removal efficiency (86.29%) for PFCs than that (58.61%) of powdered activated carbon (PAC). In addition, high concentrations (5-50 mg L-1) of humic acid (HA) had no significant influence on the removal performance of the composite for PFCs. Furthermore, Fe3O4@SiO2-NH2&F-13 could be reused for several times with no obvious decrease in the removal efficiency. Thus, the magnetic nanocomposite could be used as an effective adsorbent for PFC removal from aquatic environment. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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