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Magnetic apple pomace biochar: Simple preparation, characterization, and application for enriching Ag(I) in effluents
Sijing Zhang1, Yongliang Ji1, Jing Dang1
1School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, 710055 Xi'an, China.
Abstract:
In order to manage and utilize a large amount of wasted apple pomace, the magnetic biochar was prepared through pyrolysis of apple pomace at 600 °C in nitrogen environment, followed by immersion aging in Fe(II)/Fe(III) aqueous solution. The characterization of the resulting magnetic biochar, herein called the M600APB, showed that the saturation magnetization value and the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) specific surface area of M600APB were 9.52 emu/g and 102.18 m2/g, respectively. The batch adsorption showed that M600APB could preferentially enrich the low concentration of Ag(I) with the maximum adsorption capacity of 818.4 mg/g in an Ag(I)-Pb(II)-Cu(II)-Ni(II)-Zn(II) aqueous system at ambient temperature. The column adsorption experiments indicated that M600APB could effectively enrich and separate Ag(I) from the same aqueous mixture. The presumable mechanism of Ag(I) adsorption on M600APB involves intra-particle diffusion, coordination, ion exchange and reduction. This study provided an effective approach to both utilize wasted apple pomace and enrich the low concentration of Ag(I) in a sustainable way.
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