Arsenate removal with 3-mercaptopropanoic acid-coated superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles

JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

卷:438

Article

Morillo, D.¹  Uheida, A.²  Perez, G.¹  Muhammed, M.²  Valiente, M.¹ 

[1] Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Ctr GTS, Dept Chem, Bellaterra 08193, Barcelona, Spain

[2] Royal Inst Technol KTH, Funct Mat Div, S-16440 Stockholm, Sweden

关键词: Arsenate removal;    Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles;    SPION;    3-Mercaptopropionic acid;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jcis.2014.10.005

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

In the present work, superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPION) surface-coated with 3-merca-ptopropanoic acid (3-MPA) were prepared and their feasibility for the removal of arsenate from dilute aqueous solutions was demonstrated. The synthesized 3-MPA-coated SPION was characterized using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and Fourier transform infra-red spectrometry (FTIR). Separation efficiency of the coated nanoparticles and the equilibrium isotherm of arsenate adsorption were investigated. The obtained results reveal the arsenate adsorption to be highly pH-dependent, and the maximum adsorption was attained in less than 60 min. The resulting increase of 3-MPA-coated SPION adsorption capacity to twice the adsorption capacity of SPION alone under the same conditions is attributed to the increase of active adsorption sites. An adsorption reaction is proposed. On the other hand, efficient recovery of arsenate from the loaded nanoparticles was achieved using nitric acid (HNO3) solution, which also provides a concentration over the original arsenate solution. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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