Removal and Mechanism of Cadmium, Lead and Copper in Water by Functional Modification of Silkworm Excrement Biochar
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Preparation of Biochar
2.3. Characterization of Samples
2.4. Absorption Experiments
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Characterization of Biochar
3.2. Influence of Initial pH Value
3.3. Competitive Adsorption
3.4. Adsorption Kinetics
3.5. Adsorption Isotherms
3.6. Adsorption Mechanism
3.7. GBC Reproducibility and the Application of Actual Water Samples
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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pH | Kd(Pb) | Kd(Cd) | Kd(Cu) | ||
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2 | 0.0071 | 0.0133 | 0.1026 | 7.6232 | 13.8061 |
3 | 0.0137 | 0.0456 | 0.6563 | 14.2818 | 48.0182 |
4 | 0.0326 | 0.0721 | 1.4246 | 21.8139 | 43.4567 |
5 | 0.0503 | 0.1028 | 1.7428 | 16.8621 | 34.4987 |
6 | 0.0536 | 0.0994 | 1.7616 | 17.9672 | 33.6263 |
Element | Pseudo-First-Order | Pseudo-Second-Order | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
K1 (min−1) | qe (mg·g−1) | R2 | K2 (g·(mg·min)−1) | qe (mg·g−1) | R2 | |
Pb | 0.0631 | 8.2339 | 0.9593 | 0.0117 | 8.5933 | 0.9924 |
Cd | 0.0558 | 24.6435 | 0.9516 | 0.0034 | 25.7601 | 0.9976 |
Cu | 0.0269 | 66.7413 | 0.9788 | 0.0006 | 71.4227 | 0.9971 |
Element | Freundlich | Langmuir | ||||
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KF | 1/n | R2 | KL | qm | R2 | |
Pb | 5.1107 | 0.1193 | 0.9142 | 0.5339 | 9.33 | 0.9348 |
Cd | 9.8432 | 0.2108 | 0.8572 | 0.1197 | 30.14 | 0.9912 |
Cu | 23.6736 | 0.2419 | 0.8599 | 0.0949 | 90.02 | 0.9951 |
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Bian, P.; Liu, Y.; Zheng, X.; Shen, W. Removal and Mechanism of Cadmium, Lead and Copper in Water by Functional Modification of Silkworm Excrement Biochar. Polymers 2022, 14, 2889. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14142889
Bian P, Liu Y, Zheng X, Shen W. Removal and Mechanism of Cadmium, Lead and Copper in Water by Functional Modification of Silkworm Excrement Biochar. Polymers. 2022; 14(14):2889. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14142889
Chicago/Turabian StyleBian, Pengyang, Yixuan Liu, Xiaoqin Zheng, and Weibo Shen. 2022. "Removal and Mechanism of Cadmium, Lead and Copper in Water by Functional Modification of Silkworm Excrement Biochar" Polymers 14, no. 14: 2889. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14142889