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Successive removal of Pb2+ and Congo red by magnetic phosphate nanocomposites from aqueous solution
Fan Zhang1, Xiaoxiu Tang1, Jing Lan2
1College of Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
Abstract:
The successive removal of Pb2+ and Congo red (CR) from aqueous solution by three magnetic phosphate nanocomposites (Fe3O4@Sr5(PO4)3(OH), Fe3O4@Ba3(PO4)2, and Fe3O4@Sr5xBa3x(PO4)3(OH), denominated FSP, FBP, and FSBP, respectively) was systematically investigated in comparison with Fe3O4 (denominated F) nanoparticle. FSP, FSBP, F, and FBP exhibited a high removal capacity of 351, 272, 76, and 23 mg/g for Pb2+, respectively. These materials could be reclaimed by magnetic separation and then used for successive CR remediation, showing a high CR removal capacity of 224, 163, 126, and 61 mg/g, respectively. The isothermal and kinetic behavior fitted well with the Langmuir model and pseudo-second-order model, respectively. The successive removal mechanism by these magnetic phosphates was proposed to be the ion exchange between Pb2+ and Sr2+ in the lattice and then the loaded Pb2+ could contact with anionic dye CR to form precipitation on the surface of materials, inhibiting the leaching of Pb2+ ions from the reclaimed materials back into water. In addition, these materials showed good reusability and practical application. This study demonstrated the potential of these low cost phosphate nanocomposites as promising materials for successive removal of Pb2+ and CR from water.
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