- Title
- Single and binary adsorption behaviour and mechanisms of cd2+, cu2+ and ni2+ onto modified biochar in aqueous solutions
- Creator
- Zheng, Liwen; Gao, Yongchao; Du, Jianhua; Zhang, Wen; Huang, Yujie; Zhao, Qingqing; Duan, Luchun; Liu, Yanju; Naidu, Ravi; Pan, Xiangliang
- Relation
- Processes Vol. 9, Issue 10, no. 1829
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pr9101829
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2021
- Description
- The chitosan–EDTA modified magnetic biochar (E–CMBC) was successfully used as a novel adsorbent to remove heavy metals. The adsorption behaviour and mechanisms of E–CMBC to Cd2+, Cu2+ and Ni2+ were performed in single and binary system in aqueous solutions. In single–metal system, the adsorption process of Cd2+, Cu2+ and Ni2+ on E–CMBC fitted well with the Avrami fractional–order kinetics model and the Langmuir isotherm model. The measured maximum adsorption capacities were 61.08 mg g−1, 48.36 mg g−1 and 41.17 mg g−1 for Cd2+, Cu2+ and Ni2+, respectively. In binary–metal system, coexisting ions have obvious competitive adsorption behaviour on E–CMBC when the concentration of heavy meal beyond 20 mg L−1. The maximum adsorption capacities of the heavy metals were found to be lower than that in single–metal system. The order of the competitive adsorption ability was Cu2+ > Ni2+ > Cd2+. Interestingly, in Cd2+–Cu2+ system the earlier adsorbed Cd2+ could be completely replaced by Cu2+ from the solution. Different competitive adsorption ability of those heavy metal were due to the characteristics of heavy metal and resultant affinity of the adsorption sites on E–CMBC. The adsorption mechanism indicated that chemical adsorption played a dominating role. Therefore, E–CMBC could be a potential adsorbent for wastewater treatment.
- Subject
- modified biochar; heavy metals; competitive adsorption; mechanisms
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1435056
- Identifier
- uon:39595
- Identifier
- ISSN:2227-9717
- Rights
- © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Language
- eng
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