Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7001106 | Surfaces and Interfaces | 2018 | 41 Pages |
Abstract
The present investigation reports the synthesis and fluoride removal characteristics of zirconium (IV)-hexamethylenediamine (ZrHMDA). The ion-exchanger was prepared using environment friendly sol-gel method by mixing of molar proportion of aqueous solution of zirconium oxychloride (0.1â¯M) and aqueous solution of hexamethylenediamine (0.1â¯M). The organic-inorganic hybrid sorbent ZrHMDA shows enhanced fluoride removal capacity in comparison to amorphous zirconium phosphate (AZrP) ion-exchanger. All prepared materials were characterized and defluoridation kinetics were studied with variation of solution parameters. The experimental results indicate efficient fluoride adsorption (>99%) by ZrHMDA with quick attainment of adsorption equilibrium. A pseudo second order kinetic model, with both theoretical adsorption capacity (qe,cal, mg gâ1) and experimental adsorption capacity (qe,exp, mg gâ1) found close value to each other, fitted well to experimental data, thus explaining defluoridation kinetics. Evaluation of thermodynamic parameters indicated feasibility and spontaneity of material-anion interaction. Reusability of ZrHMDA was tested up to 10th consecutive cycles of operation without significance loss of adsorption efficiency. It was found that almost 94% fluoride could be desorbed from fluoride adsorbed ZrHMDA using dilute (0.001â¯M) aqueous solution of NaOH.
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Authors
P.C. Patnaik, S.K. Swain, S.B. Patel, T. Patnaik, Fabrice Muller, Sandrine Delpeux-Ouldriane, Smrutiprava Das, R.K. Dey,