Removal of Perfluorooctanoic Acid from Water Using a Hydrophobic Ionic Liquid Selected Using the Conductor-like
Mariusz Grabda1, Maciej Zawadzki2, Sylwia Oleszek3
1Faculty of Security Studies, General Tadeusz Kosciuszko Military University of Land Forces, Czajkowskiego 109, 51-147 Wroclaw, Poland.
Abstract:
The conductor-like screening model for realistic solvents was used to identify ionic liquids (ILs) to efficiently extract perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). The infinite dilution chemical potentials of PFOA in 14 000 ILs were calculated and used as descriptors of the chemical affinities between the ILs and PFOA. Trihexyltetradecylphosphonium pivalate ([P6,6,6,14][Piv]) was found to be a good IL for extracting PFOA because it gave a well-balanced combination of a strong chemical attraction for PFOA and useful physicochemical properties. The results of experiments indicated that [P6,6,6,14][Piv] could remove >99.9% of the PFOA in an aqueous solution. However, problematic emulsification of IL in the aqueous phase occurred at PFOA/IL molar ratios <1.9-2.1, and this limited the PFOA removal rate to 80-91%. The ability of the used IL to extract PFOA was found to be partially regenerated by washing the IL with 1% NaOH, and the IL could be reused to extract PFOA with a removal rate decreased by ∼10% in each cycle.
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