Characteristics of boron adsorption onto a novel chitosan/zirconium composite particles

doi:10.11949/j.issn.0438-1157.20170634

Abstract

Abstract:

A new type of chitosan-zirconium composite particles (CTS-Zr) has been prepared through coordination reaction between zirconium oxychloride and chitosan, and in-situ precipitation of zirconium hydroxide for the adsorption of boron from solution. The CTS-Zr composite was characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The effects of pH, initial boron concentration, contact time, temperature and co-existing ions Cl^-, NO₃^-, and SO₄^2- on adsorption performance were also investigated systematically. The results demonstrated that prepared adsorbent could maintain high boron adsorption efficiency in a pH range from 2 to 7. The equilibrium adsorption behavior of boron on the CTS-Zr composite had a good agreement with the Langmuir isotherm model, and the maximum adsorption capacity was calculated as 21.1 mg·g^-1 with pH of 7. The uptake kinetics was fitted well with the pseudo-second order rate equation, and the common coexisting anions almost had no negative effect on the boron adsorption. The results of adsorption thermodynamics of boron on CTS-Zr indicate the exothermic and not spontaneous nature of the adsorption process. The boron adsorbed on CTS-Zr particles was regenerated with an efficiency of 96.3% using NaOH solution of pH of 12, and the adsorption efficiency was not significantly reduced after three adsorption-desorption cycles.

Key words: chitosan, zirconium, composite particles, boron, adsorption, model

摘要：

通过氧氯化锆与壳聚糖的配位反应以及Zr （OH）4在壳聚糖内的原位沉淀，制备了一种新型壳聚糖-锆复合球（CTS-Zr）并用于硼的吸附分离。采用扫描电子显微镜（SEM）和傅里叶红外光谱（FTIR）对CTS-Zr进行了表征，系统考察了溶液pH、硼初始浓度、接触时间、温度及共存阴离子Cl^-、NO₃^-和SO₄^2-对CTS-Zr吸附性能的影响。结果表明：pH=2～7时，CTS-Zr对硼的吸附效率较高；吸附平衡行为符合Langmuir等温吸附模型；pH=7时，最大吸附量计算值为21.1 mg·g^-1；吸附动力学符合准二级动力学模型；常见的共存阴离子对硼的吸附影响很小；吸附热力学研究表明，CTS-Zr对硼的吸附过程为放热的非自发过程；使用pH=12的NaOH水溶液，对吸附剂CTS-Zr进行了洗脱，洗脱效率为96.3%，且经过3次吸附-解吸循环后，CTS-Zr的吸附效率没有明显降低。

关键词: 壳聚糖, 锆, 复合球, 硼, 吸附, 模型

CLC Number:

TQ128⁺.54

WANG Xiong, LIU Mingyan. Characteristics of boron adsorption onto a novel chitosan/zirconium composite particles[J]. CIESC Journal, 2018, 69(2): 848-857.

王雄, 刘明言. 新型壳聚糖/锆复合球的制备及硼吸附性能[J]. 化工学报, 2018, 69(2): 848-857.

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