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Simultaneous removal of aqueous same ionic type heavy metals and dyes by a magnetic chitosan/polyethyleneimine
Xiangchu Zeng1, Guanghua Zhang2, Jia Wen3
1School of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Hechi University, Yizhou, Guangxi, 546300, PR China; Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for Industry, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710021, PR China.
Abstract:
Heavy metals and azo dyes caused huge harm to the aqueous system and human health. A magnetic chitosan/polyethyleneimine embedded hydrophobic sodium alginate composite (MCPS) was designed and prepared to simultaneously remove aqueous same ionic type heavy metals and azo dyes. In mono-polluted system, the optimal pH for Cr(VI), MO (methyl orange), Cu(Ⅱ) and MB (methylene blue) were 3, 2, 6 and 12 with a saturated adsorption capacity of 87.53, 66.41, 351.03 and 286.54 mg/g, respectively. Pseudo-second-order was suitable to describe the adsorption kinetics of them and the adsorption isotherms were more consistent with the Langmuir isotherm model being a spontaneous, endothermic, and entropy-increasing process. In binary-polluted system, MCPS possessed simultaneous adsorption for Cr (Ⅵ)-MO and Cu(Ⅱ)-MB pollutants at their optimal pH, in addition, whether in anionic or cationic solution, the removal of heavy metals were promoted with the add of azo dyes but the removal of azo dyes were suppressed with the add of heavy metals. Both Cr (Ⅵ)-MO and Cu(Ⅱ)-MB pollutants could be effectively adsorbed and desorbed from MCPS by changing the pH of the aqueous solution to realize recyclability. Lastly, removal mechanism was revealed in detail by FT-IR, EDS and XPS.
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