Sorption of Hg(II) and Pb(II) Ions on Chitosan-Iron(III) from Aqueous Solutions: Single and Binary Systems
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School of Chemical Engineering, Universidad Técnica de Machala, UACQS, BIOeng, 070151 Machala, Ecuador
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Department of Chemical Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, EPSEVG, Av. Víctor Balaguer, s/n, 08800 Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain
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Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, CEA/DRT/LITEN/DTBH/LTB, 17 rue des Martrys, 38054 Grenoble, France
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Department of Chemical Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, ETSEIB, Diagonal 647, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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Polymers 2018, 10(4), 367; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym10040367
Received: 28 February 2018 / Revised: 22 March 2018 / Accepted: 23 March 2018 / Published: 25 March 2018
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Chitin/Chitosan Characterization and Applications)
The present work describes the study of mercury Hg(II) and lead Pb(II) removal in single and binary component systems into easily prepared chitosan-iron(III) bio-composite beads. Scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray (SEM-EDX) analysis, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and point of zero charge (pHpzc) analysis were carried out. The experimental set covered pH study, single and competitive equilibrium, kinetics, chloride and sulfate effects as well as sorption–desorption cycles. In single systems, the Langmuir nonlinear model fitted the experimental data better than the Freundlich and Sips equations. The sorbent material has more affinity to Hg(II) rather than Pb(II) ions, the maximum sorption capacities were 1.8 mmol·g−1 and 0.56 mmol·g−1 for Hg(II) and Pb(II), respectively. The binary systems data were adjusted with competitive Langmuir isotherm model. The presence of sulfate ions in the multicomponent system [Hg(II)-Pb(II)] had a lesser impact on the sorption efficiency than did chloride ions, however, the presence of chloride ions improves the selectivity towards Hg(II) ions. The bio-based material showed good recovery performance of metal ions along three sorption–desorption cycles.
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Keywords:
binary; chitosan; desorption; iron; lead; mercury; salt effects; single; sorption competition
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Lapo, B.; Demey, H.; Zapata, J.; Romero, C.; Sastre, A.M. Sorption of Hg(II) and Pb(II) Ions on Chitosan-Iron(III) from Aqueous Solutions: Single and Binary Systems. Polymers 2018, 10, 367. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym10040367
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Lapo B, Demey H, Zapata J, Romero C, Sastre AM. Sorption of Hg(II) and Pb(II) Ions on Chitosan-Iron(III) from Aqueous Solutions: Single and Binary Systems. Polymers. 2018; 10(4):367. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym10040367
Chicago/Turabian StyleLapo, Byron; Demey, Hary; Zapata, Jessenia; Romero, Cristhian; Sastre, Ana M. 2018. "Sorption of Hg(II) and Pb(II) Ions on Chitosan-Iron(III) from Aqueous Solutions: Single and Binary Systems" Polymers 10, no. 4: 367. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym10040367
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