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- Title
Adsorptive removal of ammonium ion from aqueous solution using surfactant-modified alumina.
- Authors
Tien Duc Pham; Thi Trang Do; Van Lau Ha; Thi Hai Yen Doan; Thi Anh Huong Nguyen; Thanh Duc Mai; Motoyoshi Kobayashi; Yasuhisa Adachi
- Abstract
The adsorptive removal of ammonium ions (NH4+) from aqueous solution using surfactant-modified alumina (SMA) was investigated. The optimum NH4+ adsorption removal conditions on SMA were systematically studied and found to be pH 4, contact time 180 min, adsorbent dosage 30 mg mL-1 and ionic strength 1 mM NaCl. The equilibrium concentration of NH4+ was measured by capillary electrophoresis with capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detection (CE-C4D) and spectrophotometry. Surface modification of α-Al2O3 with the anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) at high salt concentration induced a significant increase of removal efficiency. The change in surface charge and surface modification of α-Al2O3 by pre-adsorption of SDS and subsequent adsorption of NH4+ were evaluated by zeta potential measurements and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. Under optimum adsorption conditions, NH4+ removal from two agricultural water samples achieved very high removal efficiencies of 99.5 and 96.5%. The adsorption of NH4+ onto SMA increases with decreasing NaCl concentration because desorption of SDS from the α-Al2O3 surface is minimised. Experimental results of NH4+-SMA adsorption isotherms at different ionic strengths can be represented well by a two-step adsorption model. Based on adsorption isotherms, surface charge effect and surface modification, we suggest that the adsorption mechanism of NH4+ onto SMA was mainly electrostatic attraction between cationic NH4+ and the negatively charged SMA surface.
- Subjects
AMMONIUM ions; AQUEOUS solutions; ALUMINUM oxide
- Publication
Environmental Chemistry (14482517), 2017, Vol 14, Issue 5, p327
- ISSN
1448-2517
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1071/EN17102