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Published on: February 23, 2017
Acid precipitation-hydrothermal synthesis of needle-like hydroxyapatite for protein adsorption from waste
Shanzhu Jiang1, Zhaobo Wang1, Yangjie Qin1
1Phosphogypsum Utilization R&D Center, Hubei Three Gorges Laboratory, Yichang, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
In order to promote the high-value utilization of waste phosphogypsum (PG), hydroxyapatite was directly synthesized from PG by acid precipitation-hydrothermal method (PGHAP), which was used for the adsorption of bovine serum albumin (BSA) and lysozyme (LYS). The synthesized PGHAP was characterized by XRD, SEM, FTIR and BET, and the effects of various factors on protein adsorption capacity were studied. The results showed that PGHAP exhibits a clear needle-like morphology, high crystallinity, and an average size of about 200 nm. The pH had the greatest effect on the adsorption of protein, and the highest adsorption capacity was obtained at pH 4.0. In addition, the adsorption mechanism of protein on PGHAP was explored by adsorption kinetics and adsorption isotherm. The adsorption of protein on PGHAP conforms to the Intra-particle diffusion model kinetic model, the maximum adsorption capacity of protein on PGHAP can reach 31 mg/g, which is comparable to other adsorbents in this field. In addition, the adsorption behaviour of PGHAP on protein is more appropriately described by Langmuir isotherm model, which indicates that the binding site with uniform energy on the surface of PGHAP realizes the monolayer adsorption of protein. The main adsorption mechanisms are ion exchange, co-precipitation, complexation reaction and so on. Therefore, the needle-like PGHAP synthesized from waste PG is a protein adsorbent with industrial application potential.
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