Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
Volume 216, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114629
Keywords
Environment; Ionic liquid; Sorption; Mechanism; Isotherm
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In this research, a novel nano sorbent IL-MCNT was used to remove Selenium from aqueous media. The optimal operating conditions were determined as pH 2.0, 100 mg/L of IL-MCNT dosage, 308 K temperature, 45 min of contact time, and 110 g of IL-MCNT dosage. The Langmuir isotherm and pseudo-second-order model were found to fit the experimental data well.
Selenium is targeted as a priority pollutant to be removed due to its high toxicity level and lethal effects. In this research, a novel nano sorbent was fabricated using ionic liquid on multiwalled carbon nanotubes (IL-MCNT) and employed for Selenium remediation from aqueous media. Besides solution pH, nanocomposite dosage, the initial selenium concentration, temperature and sorption time were also examined as operating variables. At optimal pH 2.0, 96% of the selenium was removed with maximum efficiency with 100 mg/L of IL-MCNT at 308 K, 45 min of contact time, and 110 g of IL-MCNT dosage. From kinetic studies, it appears that the Langmuir isotherm fits the observed data (R2 > 0.9813), supporting the hypothesis that monolayer attachment occurs. The Langmuir isotherm parameters are evaluated as qm = 125 mg/g and KL = 0.172 L/mg. As a result of testing several kinetic models, the pseudo-second-order model was the most suitable for experimental data (R2 > 0.9746). Scanning Electron Microscopy images, FTIR spectra, and thermogravimetric study were used to examine the synthesized nanomaterial.
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