Purifying Water Containing Both Anionic and Cationic Species Using a (Zn, Cu)O, ZnO, and Cobalt Ferrite Based Multiphase Adsorbent System

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• 作者：Niya Mary Jacob ; Praveena Kuruva ; Giridhar Madras ; Tiju Thomas
• 刊名：Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：November 20, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：52
• 期：46
• 页码：16384-16395
• 全文大小：553K
• 年卷期：v.52,no.46(November 20, 2013)
• ISSN：1520-5045

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For the purpose of water purification, novel and low-cost adsorbents which are promising replacements for activated carbon are being actively pursued. However, a single-phase material that adsorbs both cationic and anionic species remains elusive. Hence, a low-cost, multiphase adsorbent bed that purifies water containing both anionic and cationic pollutants is a desirable alternative. We choose anionic (Congo red, Orange G) and cationic (methylene blue, malachite green) dyes as model pollutants. These dyes are chosen since they are widely found in effluents from textile, leather, fishery, and pharmaceutical industries, and their carcinogenic, mutagenic, genotoxic, and cytotoxic impact on mammalian cells is well-established. We show that ZnO, (Zn_0.24Cu_0.76)O and cobalt ferrite based multiphase fixed adsorbent bed efficiently adsorbs model anionic (Congo red, Orange G) and cationic (methylene blue and malachite green) pollutants, and their complex mixtures. All adsorbent phases are synthesized using room-temperature, high-yield (96鈥?00%), green chemical processes. The nanoadsorbents are characterized by using X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Brunauer鈥揈mmett鈥揟eller (BET) surface area analysis, and 味 potential measurements. The constituent nanophases are deliberately chosen to be beyond 50 nm, in order to avoid the nanotoxic size regime of oxides. Adsorption characteristics of each of the phases are examined. Isotherm based analysis shows that adsorption is both spontaneous and highly favorable. 味 potential measurements indicate that electrostatic interactions are the primary driving force for the observed adsorption behavior. The isotherms obtained are best described using a composite Langmuir鈥揊reundlich model. Pseudo-first-order, rapid kinetics is observed (with adsorption rate constants as high as 0.1鈥?.2 min^鈥? in some cases). Film diffusion is shown to be the primary mechanism of adsorption.