Transport of Heavy Metals Pb(II), Zn(II), and Cd(II) Ions across CTA Polymer Membranes Containing Alkyl-Triazole as
Elżbieta Radzymińska-Lenarcik1, Sylwia Kwiatkowska-Marks2, Artur Kościuszko3
1Institute of Mathematics and Physics, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Al. Prof. S. Kaliskiego St. 7, PL-857-96 Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Abstract:
The polymer membranes of cellulose triacetate -o-NPPE-1-alkyl-triazole (alkyl= hexyl, octyl, decyl) were characterized by non-contact atomic force microscopy (AFM). The influence of membrane morphology on transport process was discussed. 1-Alkyl-triazole derivatives are new cheap compounds that have the ability to bind metal ions in an acidic medium. These membranes were used for the investigation of the facilitated transport of Zn(II), Cd(II), and Pb(II) ions from an aqueous nitrate feed phase. The initial flux values of metal ions transport depend on the type of carrier used. The maximum value of the initial flux for Zn(II) ions was equal to 12.34 × 10-6 molm-2s-1 (for PIMs with 1-decyltriazole). In the case of Zn(II) and Cd(II) ions as the hydrophobicity of the carrier increases, the separation coefficients SZn(II)/Cd(II) slightly increase from 1.8 to 2.4, while for Zn(II) and Pb(II) ions separation coefficients SZn(II)/Pb(II) decrease. The highest recovery factors (RF) were found for Zn(II) ions (c.a. 90%). The RF values of Cd(II) ions increase from 58% to 67%. The highest RF value for Pb(II) is 30%. The rate-limiting step in the transport of Zn(II), Cd(II) and Pb(II) ions across PIMs with 1-alkyltriazole may be the diffusion coefficient of the carrier-cation complex. The AFM images show that the distribution of the carrier in the tested membranes is homogeneous over the entire surface. The roughness values determined for PIMs with alkyltriazole are slightly higher than the roughness of PIM with the commercial carrier, for example D2EHPA.
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