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Modified Chitosan for Silver Recovery-Kinetics, Thermodynamic, and Equilibrium Studies
Bogdan Pascu1,2, Cristina Ardean1,2, Corneliu Mircea Davidescu1
1Faculty of Industrial Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Politehnica University of Timisoara, 2 Piata Victoriei, RO 300006 Timisoara, Romania.
Abstract:
:The aim of this study is to investigate the silver recovery from aqueous solutions. There are a variety of recovery methods, such as hydrometallurgical, bio-metallurgical, cementation, reduction, electrocoagulation, electrodialysis, ion exchange, etc. Adsorption represents a convenient, environment friendly procedure, that can be used to recover silver from aqueous solutions. In this paper we highlight the silver adsorption mechanism on chitosan chemically modified with active groups, through kinetic, thermodynamic, and equilibrium studies. A maximum adsorption capacity of 103.6 mg Ag(I)/g of adsorbent for an initial concentration of 700 mg/L was noticed by using modified chitosan. Lower adsorption capacity has been noticed in unmodified chitosan-a maximum of 75.43 mg Ag(I)/g. Optimum contact time was 120 min and the process had a maximum efficiency when conducted at pH higher than 6. At the same time, a way is presented to obtain metallic silver from the adsorbent materials used for the recovery of the silver from aqueous solutions.
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