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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 118, Issue -, Pages 242-249Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.10.068
Keywords
Alginic acid; Carboxylated alginic acid; Metal coordination; Fluoride; Sorption; Field application
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- Department of Science and Technology - Science and Engineering Research Board, New Delhi, India [SR/FT/CS-43/2011]
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This article enlightens the synthesis of carboxylated alginic acid (CAA) and metal ions coordinated CAA (M-CAA) for defluoridation studies in batch mode. The oxidation of alginic acid (AA) with KMnO4 gives CAA and the metal coordination was enabled in CAA by using high valence metal ions viz., La3+ (La-CAA) and Zr4+ (Zr-CAA). The synthesized materials Zr-CAA, La-CAA and CAA possess the defluoridation capacities (DCs) of 4064, 3137 and 880 mgF(-)/kg respectively. An enhanced DC was observed for metal-coordinated CAA (M-CAA) than CM. The defluoridation experiments were carried with numerous influencing parameters like contact time, pH and competitor anions for optimization. The characterization of materials was carried out using FTIR, EDAX and SEM analysis. The sorption data was fitted with various isotherms and kinetic models. The values of thermodynamic parameters indicate the nature of fluoride removal is spontaneous and endothermic. At field conditions, M-CAA reduce the fluoride concentration below the tolerance limit. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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