Characterization of functionalized chitosan-clinoptilolite nanocomposites for nitrate removal from aqueous media

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
Fatemeh YazdiSamira Salehi

Abstract

The nanochitosan/clinoptilolite (Nano-CS/Clino) composite, Nano-CS/Clino activated by hydrochloric acid (Nano-CS/Clino@H) and Nano-CS/Clino functionalization with pentaethylenehexamine (Nano-CS/Clino@PEHA) has been used to removal of nitrate ions from aqueous media. The textural properties of the Nano-CS/Clino nanocomposites were studied by various characterization techniques. The Nano-CS was synthesized by ionic gelation technique that using tripolyphosphate as cross-linking agent. The BET specific surface area of chitosan and Nano-CS is 0.9774 and 52.8850 m2/g. The effects of different parameters on the removal of nitrate were measured in detail. The prepared Nano-CS/Clino@PEHA composite possess enhanced nitrate adsorption capacity of 277.77 mg/g than Nano-CS/Clino@H and Nano-CS/Clino were found to be 227.27 and 185.18 mg/g. The Dubinin-Radushkevich, Freundlich and Langmuir adsorption models were applied to describe the equilibrium isotherms. The experimental data were also analyzed by first- and second-order and intra particle diffusion. Thermodynamic parameters studies revealed that the nature of adsorption nitrate by nanocomposites synthesized is spontaneous and exothermic. The overall adsorption tendency of synthesized na...Continue Reading

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Jul 12, 2020·International Journal of Biological Macromolecules·Samira SalehiMansoor Anbia

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