Journal
WATER RESEARCH
Volume 41, Issue 3, Pages 620-626Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2006.11.008
Keywords
coal; chitosan; humic substances; sorption; cesium; cobalt; europium
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Potential low-cost sorbents of metals based on combined action of coal and chitosan have been investigated. Sorption of Cs, Co and Eu on oxidized coals in mixture with chitosan was studied as function of pH (similar to 3-6) in batch experiments using radio-tracer method. An improved sorption efficiency of the coal sorbents at neutral pH was obtained in mixture with chitosan, namely for oxihumolite at sorption of Eu and Co. Chitosan prevented deterioration of the sorption ability of coal with pH increase probably via retaining the soluble complexes with humic substances leached from coal by formation of an insoluble complex. The effect of chitosan addition was negligible or reverse in case of lignite upon acidification, where the interaction takes place preferentially on the coal surface and may restrict availability of the binding sites for metal ions. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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