Journal
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS
Volume 258, Issue -, Pages 345-353Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2018.03.012
Keywords
Carbon nanotubes; Nanocomposite; Water treatment; Adsorption; Hg(II) removal; Pollutants
Funding
- Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia in the form of FRGS grant [RDU160118]
- Universiti Malaysia Pahang grant [RDU170357]
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Magnetic carbon nanotubes composite (MWCNTs-Fe3O4) was successfully prepared and characterized using different techniques. MWCNTs-Fe3O4 displays entangled network of oxidized MWCNTs attached with Fe3O4 clusters with specific surface area of 92 m(2) g(-1). The adsorption performance of as prepared composite was investigated for Hg(II) removal. Several experimental factors affecting Hg(II) adsorption process by MWCNTs-Fe3O4 were studied including, adsorbent dosage, contact time, pH and metal ion concentration. A high adsorption capacity of 238.78 mg g(-1) was obtained according to Langmuir model. In addition, pseudo-second-order and the Langmuir isotherm model were used to fit the adsorption kinetic and equilibrium data, respectively. The results recommend the successful application of MWCNTs-Fe3O4 for Hg(II) removal via batch adsorption technique. (C) 2018 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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