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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 157, Issue -, Pages 576-585Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2016.10.025
Keywords
Graphene oxide; Chitosan; Tetracycline (TC); Cu(II); Adsorption
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41271332, 51521006, 51478470]
- International S&T Cooperation Program of China [2015DFG92750]
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Fe3O4@SiO2-Chitosan/GO (MSCG) nanocomposite was investigated by various techniques (SEM, TEM, XRD, VSM, FT-IR, XPS) for the removal of tetracycline (TC). Effects of pH, zeta potential and initial contaminant concentration were studied in detail. Four background cations (Na+, K+, Ca2+ and Mg2+) with a concentration of 0.01 M showed little influence on the TC adsorption at the studied pH range while the divalent heavy metal cation Cu(II) could significantly enhance the adsorption. The results indicated that the highest adsorption capacity of TC were 183.47 mmol/kg and 67.57 mmol/kg on MSCG with and without Cu(II), respectively. According to mechanism investigation for the adsorption of TC by pH impact study and XPS analysis, besides electrostatic interaction and pi-pi interactions, the Cu(II) also acts as a bridge between TC and MSCG, which significantly improve the adsorption of TC. This study provided valuable guidance and effective method for the removal of TC from aquatic environments. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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