Evaluation of Effective Composite Biosorbents Based on Wood Sawdust and Natural Clay for Heavy Metals Removal from Water
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Published:2023-07-28
Issue:15
Volume:16
Page:5322
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ISSN:1996-1944
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Container-title:Materials
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Materials
Author:
Del Sole Roberta1ORCID, Fogel Alena A.2ORCID, Somin Vladimir A.3, Vasapollo Giuseppe1, Mergola Lucia1ORCID
Affiliation:
1. Department of Engineering for Innovation, University of Salento, via per Monteroni Km 1, 73100 Lecce, Italy 2. Humanitarian Institute, Higher School of Jurisprudence and Forensic Technical Expertise, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Politekhnicheskaya St., 29, 195251 Saint Petersburg, Russia 3. Institute of Biotechnology, Food and Chemical Engineering, Polzunov Altai State Technical University, Lenina Avenue, 46, 656038 Barnaul, Russia
Abstract
Bentonitic clay and wood sawdust are natural materials widely available in nature at low cost with high heavy metals sorption properties that, in this work, were combined to achieve an effective composite biosorbent with high sorption properties and enhanced mechanical stability. Pine, aspen, and birch wood sawdust, as well as different bentonite clays and different sawdust modification methods (H3PO4 or HCl) were used for preparing new composite biosorbents. A mixture of wood sawdust and bentonite in a ratio of 2:1 was used. All materials were characterized by using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and scanning electron microscope (SEM) methods and tested for Cu and Ni ions removal from water. The adsorption process for all composite biosorbents was well described from a pseudo-second order kinetic model (R2 > 0.9999) with a very high initial adsorption rate of Cu and Ni ions and a maximum uptake recorded within 2 h. The results have shown that the adsorption capacity depends mainly on the kind of wood and the acid treatment of the wood that enhances the adsorption capacity. At a concentration of 50 mg/L, the biosorbent prepared using birch wood sawdust showed the worst performance, removing barely 30% of Cu and Ni ions, while aspen wood sawdust improved the adsorption of Cu (88.6%) and Ni (52.4%) ions. Finally, composite biosorbent with pine wood sawdust showed the best adsorption be haviour with an efficiency removal of 98.2 and 96.3% of Cu and Ni ions, respectively, making it a good candidate as an inexpensive and effective biosorbent for the removal of heavy metals.
Subject
General Materials Science
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