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- Title
Efficient Removal of Antimony(III) in Aqueous Phase by Nano-Fe 3 O 4 Modified High-Iron Red Mud: Study on Its Performance and Mechanism.
- Authors
Peng, Yizhe; Luo, Lin; Luo, Shuang; Peng, Kejian; Zhou, Yaoyu; Mao, Qiming; Yang, Jian; Yang, Yuan; Cicchella, Domenico
- Abstract
The resource utilization of excess red mud produced from aluminum production is a current research focus. In this study, novel nano-Fe3O4 modified high-iron red mud material (HRM@nFe3O4) was fabricated using the method of co-precipitation to remove Sb(III) from the aqueous phase. The HRM@nFe3O4 at a nFe3O4:HRM mass ratio of 1:1 had optimal adsorbing performance on Sb(III) in water. Compared with others, the synthetic HRM@nFe3O4 sorbent had a superior maximum Sb(III) adsorption capacity of 98.03 mg·g−1, as calculated by the Langmuir model, and a higher specific surface area of 171.63 m2·g−1, measured using the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller measurement. The adsorption process was stable at an ambient pH range, and negligibly limited by temperature the coexisting anions, except for silicate and phosphate, suggesting the high selectivity toward Sb(III). HRM@nFe3O4 retained more than 60% of the initial adsorption efficiency after the fifth adsorption-desorption cycle. The kinetic data fitted by the pseudo-second-order model illustrated the existence of a chemical adsorption process in the adsorption of Sb(III). Further mechanism analysis results indicated that the complexation reaction played a major role in Sb(III) adsorption by HRM@nFe3O4. This HRM@nFe3O4 adsorbent provides an effective method for the removal of Sb(III) in wastewater treatment and is valuable in the reclamation of red mud.
- Subjects
ANTIMONY; MUD; CHEMICAL processes; COMPLEXATION reactions; ADSORPTION capacity; PERFORMANCE theory
- Publication
Water (20734441), 2021, Vol 13, Issue 6, p809
- ISSN
2073-4441
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/w13060809