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- Title
Groundwater Purification in a Polymetallic Mining Area (SW Sinai, Egypt) Using Functionalized Magnetic Chitosan Particles.
- Authors
Hamza, Mohammed F.; Ahmed, Fadia Y.; El-Aassy, Ibrahim; Fouda, Amr; Guibal, Eric
- Abstract
A magnetic glycine-grafted chitosan sorbent (Gly) was functionalized to produce a hydrazide derivative (HGly). The two sorbents were tested in batch mode for the sorption of a series of 10 metal ions present in the groundwater collected in three wells in the Wadi (valley) Nasib mining area (SW Sinai, Egypt). HGly is much more efficient for metal recovery than Gly. Under selected experimental conditions (sorbent dosage 1.5 g L−1), the sorption efficiency is not sufficient for achieving the standard levels for drinking water: the most problematic metal ions in terms of drinkability remain aluminum (too high metal concentration in the groundwater), cadmium, and chromium for the three wells (and nickel in the case of only one well). Increasing the sorbent dosage improves the treatment efficiency. The sorbent (HGly) was tested in fixed-bed columns. The breakthrough curves were compared for the different metals for the groundwater collected in the most contaminated of the three wells. The levels of metal concentration in the treated groundwater are too high for direct use in irrigation. However, they are consistent with the standards for livestock drinking water (based on FAO recommendations, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations). The metals can be readily desorbed using 0.5 M HCl solutions with a relatively high concentrating effect (i.e., 50 times). The re-use of the sorbent for three successive cycles of sorption/desorption cycles shows a progressive but weak decrease in sorption and desorption performances.
- Subjects
GROUNDWATER purification; CHITOSAN; DRINKING water standards; MINERAL industries; IRRIGATION
- Publication
Water, Air & Soil Pollution, 2018, Vol 229, Issue 11, p1
- ISSN
0049-6979
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11270-018-3999-3