Efficient Removal of Antimony(III) in Aqueous Phase by Nano-Fe3O4 Modified High-Iron Red Mud: Study on Its Performance and Mechanism

International Joint Laboratory of Hunan Agricultural Typical Pollution Restoration and Water Resources Safety Utilization, College of Resources and Environment, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China

Hunan Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control Technology, Hunan Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Changsha 410004, China

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Academic Editor: Domenico Cicchella

Water 2021, 13(6), 809; https://doi.org/10.3390/w13060809

Received: 2 February 2021 / Revised: 27 February 2021 / Accepted: 11 March 2021 / Published: 16 March 2021

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Impact of Climate Change and Human Activities on Aquatic Environments)

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The resource utilization of excess red mud produced from aluminum production is a current research focus. In this study, novel nano-Fe₃O₄ modified high-iron red mud material ([email protected]₃O₄) was fabricated using the method of co-precipitation to remove Sb(III) from the aqueous phase. The [email protected]₃O₄ at a nFe₃O₄:HRM mass ratio of 1:1 had optimal adsorbing performance on Sb(III) in water. Compared with others, the synthetic [email protected]₃O₄ sorbent had a superior maximum Sb(III) adsorption capacity of 98.03 mg·g⁻¹, as calculated by the Langmuir model, and a higher specific surface area of 171.63 m²·g⁻¹, measured using the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller measurement. The adsorption process was stable at an ambient pH range, and negligibly limited by temperature the coexisting anions, except for silicate and phosphate, suggesting the high selectivity toward Sb(III). [email protected]₃O₄ retained more than 60% of the initial adsorption efficiency after the fifth adsorption-desorption cycle. The kinetic data fitted by the pseudo-second-order model illustrated the existence of a chemical adsorption process in the adsorption of Sb(III). Further mechanism analysis results indicated that the complexation reaction played a major role in Sb(III) adsorption by [email protected]₃O₄. This [email protected]₃O₄ adsorbent provides an effective method for the removal of Sb(III) in wastewater treatment and is valuable in the reclamation of red mud. View Full-Text

Keywords: high-iron red mud; nano-Fe₃O₄; Sb(III); kinetics and isotherms; mechanism

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Peng, Y.; Luo, L.; Luo, S.; Peng, K.; Zhou, Y.; Mao, Q.; Yang, J.; Yang, Y. Efficient Removal of Antimony(III) in Aqueous Phase by Nano-Fe₃O₄ Modified High-Iron Red Mud: Study on Its Performance and Mechanism. Water 2021, 13, 809. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13060809

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Peng Y, Luo L, Luo S, Peng K, Zhou Y, Mao Q, Yang J, Yang Y. Efficient Removal of Antimony(III) in Aqueous Phase by Nano-Fe₃O₄ Modified High-Iron Red Mud: Study on Its Performance and Mechanism. Water. 2021; 13(6):809. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13060809

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Peng, Yizhe, Lin Luo, Shuang Luo, Kejian Peng, Yaoyu Zhou, Qiming Mao, Jian Yang, and Yuan Yang. 2021. "Efficient Removal of Antimony(III) in Aqueous Phase by Nano-Fe₃O₄ Modified High-Iron Red Mud: Study on Its Performance and Mechanism" Water 13, no. 6: 809. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13060809

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