Adsorptive Removal of Arsenic and Lead by Stone Powder/Chitosan/Maghemite Composite Beads

Hun Pak, Jesse Phiri, Junhyung We, Kyungho Jung and Sanghwa Oh
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Hun Pak: School of Architectural, Civil, Environmental, and Energy Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea
Jesse Phiri: School of Architectural, Civil, Environmental, and Energy Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea
Junhyung We: School of Architectural, Civil, Environmental, and Energy Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea
Kyungho Jung: School of Architectural, Civil, Environmental, and Energy Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea
Sanghwa Oh: School of Architectural, Civil, Environmental, and Energy Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 16, 1-14

Abstract: Arsenic (As) and lead (Pb) contamination in groundwater is a serious problem in countries that use groundwater as drinking water. In this study, composite beads, called SCM beads, synthesized using stone powder (SP), chitosan (Ch), and maghemite (Mag) with different weight ratios (1/1/0.1, 1/1/0.3, and 1/1/0.5 for SP/Ch/Mag) were prepared, characterized and used as adsorbents for the removal of As and Pb from artificially contaminated water samples. Adsorption isotherm experiments of As and Pb onto the beads were conducted and single-solute adsorption isotherm models such as the Langmuir, Freundlich, Dubinin–Radushkevich (DR), and dual mode (DM) models were fitted to the experimental data to analyze the adsorption characteristics. The maximum adsorption capacities of the SCM beads were 75.7 and 232.8 mmol/kg for As and Pb, respectively, which were 40 and 5.6 times higher than that of SP according to the Langmuir model analyses. However, the DM model had the highest determinant coefficient (R 2 ) values for both As and Pb adsorption, indicating that the beads had heterogenous adsorption sites with different adsorption affinities. These magnetic beads could be utilized to treat contaminated groundwater.

Keywords: arsenic; lead; maghemite; chitosan; stone powder; bead; adsorption (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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