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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 326, Issue -, Pages 781-793Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2017.06.035
Keywords
Foam separation; Coprecipitation; Cobalt; Layered double hydroxide; Radioactive liquid waste; Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
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Combination of coprecipitation and foam separation is suggested in this study as a new strategy for removal of CoEDTA(2) complexes from aqueous solutions. This strategy is based on intercalation of these complexes into Mg-Al LDH colloidal particles, in-situ formed by coprecipitation process, and the subsequent separation of these particles by foam separation. The effect of the solution pH on the removal efficiency of CoEDTA(2) is studied in the pH range of 4-12 using sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) as anionic and cationic collectors, respectively. The results show that SLS is better than CTAB for the present study. The influence of [Mg(II)]/[Al(III)] molar, from 0.5 to 3, showed that CoEDTA(2) is better removed at a ratio of 2. The impact of foam separation parameters, SLS and ethanol concentrations, on removal of CoEDTA(2) intercalated into Mg-Al LDH is evaluated. The data demonstrated that both parameters played a significant role. The effect of various competitive anions on the removal efficiency of CoEDTA(2) is studied and their deleterious effect is followed the order NO3 < Cl < SO42 < CO32 . The efficiency of the present process is confirmed by its application for removal of CoEDTA(2) from radioactive liquid waste where removal percentage more than 99% is achieved. The removal mechanism of the studied complex is also proposed. The efficiency of coprecipitation/foam separation process is further confirmed by comparing the data obtained for CoEDTA(2) from radioactive liquid waste (flotation% > 99%, volume reduction = 192 and flotation time = 1 min) with those reported for removal of metal-EDTA complexes using other treatment processes. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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