期刊
WATER RESEARCH
卷 126, 期 -, 页码 179-188出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.09.034
关键词
Eutrophication; Lanthanum; Magnetic nanoparticles; Phosphate; Sorption
资金
- Research Grants Council of Hong Kong [GRF16207916, T21-711/16-R-1]
The use of lanthanum (La)-based materials for phosphate removal from water and wastewater has received increasing attention. However, challenges remain to enhance phosphate sorption capacities and recover La-based sorbents. In this study, magnetic La(OH)(3)/Fe3O4 nanocomposites with varied La-to-Fe mass ratios were synthesized through a precipitation and hydrothermal method. Based upon preliminary screening of synthesized La(OH)(3)/Fe3O4 nanocomposites in terms of phosphate sorption capacity and La content, La(OH)(3)/Fe3O4 nanocomposite with a La-to-Fe mass ratio of 4:1 was chosen for further characterization and evaluation. Specifically, for these materials, magnetic separation efficiency, phosphate sorption kinetics and isotherm behavior, and solution matrix effects (e.g., coexisting ions, solution pH, and ionic strength) are reported. The developed La(OH)(3)/Fe3O4 (4:1) nanocomposite has an excellent magnetic separation efficiency of >98%, fast sorption kinetics of 30 min, high sorption capacity of 83.5 mg P/g, and strong selectivity for phosphate in presence of competing ions. Phosphate uptake by La(OH)(3)/Fe3O4 (4:1) was pH-dependent with the highest sorption capacities observed over a pH range of 4-6. The ionic strength of the solution had little interference with phosphate sorption. Sorption-desorption cyclic experiments demonstrated the good reusability of the La(OH)(3)/Fe3O4 (4:1) nano composite. In a real treated wastewater effluent with phosphate concentration of 1.1 mg P/L, 0.1 g/L of La(OH)(3)/Fe3O4 (4:1) efficiently reduced the phosphate concentration to below 0.05 mg P/L. Electrostatic Kattraction and inner-sphere complexation between La(OH)(3) and P via ligand exchange were identified as the sorption mechanisms of phosphate by La(OH)(3)/Fe3O4 (4:1). (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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