Biodegradable chitosan-ethylene glycol hydrogel effectively adsorbs nitrate in water

Environmental Science and Pollution Research International
Changhong ChenYingwen Xue

Abstract

Nitrate, existing as inorganic anions in water, possesses high water-solubility and has caused lots of contaminations around the world. It is thus extremely urgent to develop an effective method to effectively remove nitrate from water in a sustainable way. In this study, chitosan-ethylene glycol hydrogel (CEGH) was synthesized using the repeated freezing-thawing procedure. A range of batch sorption experiments were conducted to evaluate CEGH as a nitrate sorbent. The adsorption isotherms of nitrate onto CEGH followed the Langmuir model with coefficient of determination of 0.98 and a maximum Langmuir adsorption capacity of 49.04 mg/g, which is higher than that of other adsorbents. The adsorption of nitrate onto CEGH was affected by pH value and temperature. The results indicate that the main removal mechanism was polarity of CEGH molecules given by functional group O-H and N-H and hydrogen bond interaction between CEGH and nitrate molecules under acidic conditions. Therefore, CEGH, a biodegradable carbon-rich adsorbent, can be widely applied to remove nitrate in wastewater treatment and water body remediation.

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