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Resource Recycling of Red Soil to Synthesize Fe2O3/FAU-type Zeolite Composite Material for Heavy Metal Removal
Published on: June 2, 2022
Removal of Pb(II) from wastewater using Al2O3-NaA zeolite composite hollow fiber membranes synthesized from solid
Li Zhu1, Jiayou Ji1, Shulin Wang1
1School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430073, China; Engineering Research Center of Environmental Materials and Membrane Technology of Hubei Province, Wuhan, Hubei, 430073, China.
Abstract:
Al2O3-NaA zeolite composite hollow fiber membranes were successfully fabricated via hydrothermal synthesis by using industrial solid waste coal fly ash and porous Al2O3 hollow fiber supports. The as-synthesized Al2O3-NaA zeolite composite hollow fiber membranes were then characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The hollow fiber membranes were used to remove lead ions (Pb(II), 50 mg L-1) from synthetic wastewater with a removal efficiency of 99.9% at 0.1 MPa after 12 h of filtration. This study showed that the Al2O3-NaA zeolite composite hollow fiber membranes (the pore size of the membrane was about 0.41 nm in diameter) synthesized from coal fly ash could be efficiently used for treating low concentration Pb(II) wastewater. It recycled solid waste coal fly ash not only to solve its environment problems, but also can produce high-value Al2O3-NaA zeolite composite hollow fiber membranes for separation application in treating wastewater containing Pb(II).
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