1. Influence of Environmental Factors on Hexavalent Chromium Removal From Aqueous Solutions by Nano-Adsorbent Composites.
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Xue, Xiaoqin, Lv, Xiaoshu, Jiang, Guangming, Baig, Shams Ali, and Xu, Xinhua
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CHROMIUM removal (Water purification) ,AQUEOUS solutions ,ORGANIC compounds ,MULTIWALLED carbon nanotube synthesis ,NANOPARTICLE synthesis ,SORBENTS - Abstract
This study investigates the removal of Cr(VI) by nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI)-multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) composites from aqueous solutions. Various influential environmental factors including temperature, pH, co-existing ions, and natural organic matters (NOM) on Cr(VI) removal were evaluated. Results revealed that temperature variations significantly influenced Cr(VI) removal and the efficiency decreased to 22% with increasing in temperature from 10 to 40°C. Cr(VI) removal efficiency decreased with increasing pH and the final pH increased to 9.1, 10.1, and 10.2 from 5, 7, and 9, respectively, after 2 h of the reaction. Interestingly, most of the co-existing ions except copper presented comparatively lower final removal rates. However, co-existing ions including Pd
2+ , Ca2+ , Zn2+ , and Mg2+ facilitated higher Cr(VI) removal. Copper was observed to greatly promote the reaction and 99.5% removal efficiency was achieved within 30 min after adding 20 mg L−1 of Cu2+ . In contrast, Cr(VI) removal efficiency drastically dropped to 58.9% from 97.9% in the presence of As(V). At higher concentrations of humic and tannic acid; the two representatives of NOM were observed to exhibit a negative impact on Cr(VI) removal. The changes appeared on nZVI-MWCNTs before and after the reaction with Cr(VI) were investigated by transmission electron microscopy. The reusability of nZVI-MWCNTs showed a recovery rate of 53.4% in the third round and demonstrated a better utility of nZVI-MWCNTs composites in wastewater treatment applications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2016
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