Journal
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 172, Issue 2-3, Pages 728-734Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.06.042
Keywords
Magnetic nanoparticles; Mesoporous silica; Heavy metals; Separation; Water treatment
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- Hong Kong Research Grant Council [605009]
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Chromium (VI) oxyanions were removed selectively from various aqueous systems using magnetic MCM-41 nanosorbents of large surface area (>550 m(2) g(-1)) and high magnetization (>= 8.0 emu g(-1)). 10 nm magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles were embedded within 250 1 50 nm MCM-41 to obtain a highly dispersible magnetic material, magMCM-41 that can be easily removed by a magnetic field. A highly selective nanosorbent was obtained by grafting aminopropyls and adsorbing Fe3+ on the pores of the magMCM-41. Chromium oxyanions were selectively removed over the pH range of 2-7 with high adsorption capacity of ca. 1.9 mmol g(-1) (ca. 100 mg g(-1)) and K-d >25,000 mL g(-1) for single and binary component adsorptions from distilled, tap, mountain stream and river waters. The presence of calcium in the tap and natural waters as well as humic compounds in mountain stream and river waters resulted in a slightly lower chromium adsorption, but did not affect its superb selectivity (ca. 97%). The adsorption and separation of the chromium oxyanions were adequately described by Freundlich and LeVan-Vermeulen equations. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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