Heavy metals adsorption by novel EDTA-modified chitosan–silica hybrid materials

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作者：

E Repo，Jolanta K. Warcho，A Bhatnagar，Mika Sillanp

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摘要：

Novel adsorbents were synthesized by functionalizing chitosan–silica hybrid materials with (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) EDTA ligands. The synthesized adsorbents were found to combine the advantages of both silica gel (high surface area, porosity, rigid structure) and chitosan (surface functionality). The Adsorption potential of hybrid materials was investigated using Co(II), Ni(II), Cd(II), and Pb(II) as target metals by varying experimental conditions such as pH, contact time, and initial metal concentration. The kinetic results revealed that the pore diffusion process played a key role in adsorption kinetics, which might be attributed to the porous structure of synthesized adsorbents. The obtained maximum adsorption capacities of the hybrid materials for the metal ions ranged from 0.25 to 0.63 mmol/g under the studied experimental conditions. The adsorbent with the highest chitosan content showed the best adsorption efficiency. Bi-Langmuir and Sips isotherm model fitting to experimental data suggested the surface heterogeneity of the prepared adsorbents. In multimetal solutions, the hybrid adsorbents showed the highest affinity toward Pb(II).

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关键词：

EDTA Chitosan Silica gel Hybrid adsorbents Adsorption Heavy metals removal

DOI：

10.1016/j.jcis.2011.02.059

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205

年份：

2011