Efficient Removal of Cd(II) Using SiO 2 -Mg(OH) 2 Nanocomposites Derived from Sepiolite

Zhendong He, Bozhi Ren, Andrew Hursthouse and Zhenghua Wang
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Zhendong He: Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Shale Gas Resource Exploitation, Xiangtan 411201, China
Bozhi Ren: Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Shale Gas Resource Exploitation, Xiangtan 411201, China
Andrew Hursthouse: Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Shale Gas Resource Exploitation, Xiangtan 411201, China
Zhenghua Wang: Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Shale Gas Resource Exploitation, Xiangtan 411201, China

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 7, 1-12

Abstract: The pollution of Cadmium (Cd) species in natural water has attracted more and more attention due to its high cumulative toxicity. In the search for improved removal of cadmium from contaminated water, we characterized uptake on a recently identified nanomaterial (SiO 2 -Mg(OH) 2 ) obtained by subjecting sepiolite to acid-base modification. The structural characteristics of SiO 2 -Mg(OH) 2 were analyzed by means of SEM-EDS, Fourier Transform Infra-Red Spectroscopy (FTIR) and Powder X-ray Diffraction (PXRD). Static adsorption experiments were carried out to evaluate the effect of contact time, temperature, amount of adsorbent, and pH-value on the adsorption of Cd(II) by SiO 2 -Mg(OH) 2 . The results show that the pore structure of SiO 2 -Mg(OH) 2 is well developed, with specific surface area, pore size and pore volume increased by 60.09%, 16.76%, and 43.59%, respectively, compared to natural sepiolite. After modification, the sepiolite substrate adsorbs Cd(II) following pseudo-second-order kinetics and a Langmuir surface adsorption model, suggesting both chemical and physical adsorption. At 298 K, the maximum saturated adsorption capacity fitted by Sips model of SiO 2 -Mg(OH) 2 regarding Cd(II) is 121.23 mg/g. The results show that SiO 2 -Mg(OH) 2 nanocomposite has efficient adsorption performance, which is expected to be a remediation agent for heavy metal cadmium polluted wastewater.

Keywords: cadmium; composite modification; nanomaterial; sepiolite; adsorption (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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