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- Title
Enhancement of Cr(VI) Ion Removal Using Nanochitosan Coated on Bituminous Activated Carbon.
- Authors
Wanida Chooaksorn; Rachnarin Nitisoravut; Chongrak Polprasert; Babel, Sandhya; Kritapas Laohhasurayotin; Wiyong Kangwansupamonkon
- Abstract
Bituminous activated carbon (AC) has been widely used as a sorbent for adsorption of non-polar species, but its performance for removal of ionic species such as heavy metals has not been as efficient. In this study, AC was modified with chitosan nanoparticles (CN) using facile methods of dip coating and wet impregnation. The CN-coated AC demonstrated an increase in Cr(VI) removal efficiency in both kinetics and adsorption capacity. The adsorption capacity of the CN-coated AC (mg/g) was more than twice that of the uncoated AC (36.36 mg/g), or pure chitosan (32.57 mg/g). The sizes of the synthesized CN (160-2,000 nm) can be controlled by varying the concentration of the chitosan/ reagents used. The adsorption isotherms are better described using the Freundlich rather than the Langmuir model and are in agreement with the heterogeneity of the surfaces. Adsorption kinetics followed that of the pseudo-second-order kinetics, suggesting chemisorption as a rate limiting step.
- Subjects
ACTIVATED carbon; HEAVY metals; ADSORPTION (Chemistry)
- Publication
Water Environment Research (10614303), 2016, Vol 88, Issue 11, p2150
- ISSN
1061-4303
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/j.1554-7531.2016.tb00146.x