Competitive adsorption of Hg2+, Pb2+ and Co2+ ions on polyacrylamide/attapulgite

Shouyong Zhou, Ailian Xue, Yijiang Zhao, Qiwei Wang, Yan Chen, Meisheng Li, Weihong Xing

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Abstract

In the present study, the competitive adsorption characteristics of binary and ternary heavy metal ions Hg2+, Pb2+ and Co2+ on polyacrylamide/attapulgite (PAM/ATP) were investigated in batch systems. PAM/ATP was prepared by the solution polymerization of acrylamide (AM) onto Γ-methacryloxypropyl trimethoxy silane (KH-570) modified attapulgite (ATP) and characterized by the technique of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Equilibrium and kinetic adsorption data showed that PAM/ATP displays a high selectivity towards one metal in a two-component or a three-component system with an affinity order of Hg2+ > Pb2+ > Co2+. The equilibrium behaviors of heavy metal species with stronger affinity toward PAM/ATP can be described by the Langmuir equation while the adsorption kinetics of the metals can be well fitted to a pseudo-second-order kinetic model. Desorption was performed using hot acetic acid, and the regenerated adsorbents could be reused with little loss of adsorption capacity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)269-274
Number of pages6
JournalDesalination
Volume270
Issue number1-3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Apr 2011

Keywords

  • Attapulgite
  • Competitive adsorption
  • Heavy metal ions
  • Polyacrylamide
  • Selectivity

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