Preparation and preliminary assessment of polymer-supported zirconium phosphate for selective lead removal from contaminated water |
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Authors: | Pan Bingcai Pan Bingjun Chen Xinqing Zhang Weiming Zhang Xiao Zhang Qingjian Zhang Quanxing Chen Jinlong |
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Affiliation: | Department of Environmental Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, People's Republic of China. bcpan@nju.edu.cn |
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Abstract: | In the present study, polymer-supported zirconium phosphate (ZrP-CP) was prepared for selective removal of lead from the contaminated water. ZrP-CP was characterized using nitrogen adsorption technique, scanning electron microscope (SEM), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Lead sorption on ZrP-CP was found to be pH dependent due to the ion- exchange mechanism. Also, ZrP-CP was proved to be more selective than the polystyrene strong-acid cation exchanger D-001 to remove lead ion from water, where other competing cations such as Na(+), Ca(2+), and Mg(2+) ions coexist at high concentrations. Generally, lead sorption isotherms on ZrP-CP can be divided into two distinct regions at different load levels, and isotherms at both regions can be well elucidated by Langmuir model. The distribution coefficients (K(d)) and binding constants (B(L)) obtained experimentally indicated that stronger sorption affinity of ZrP-CP towards the lead ion occurs at a relatively lower load level. Also, lead sorption onto ZrP-CP was found to be an endothermic and entropy-driven process. High selectivity of ZrP-CP towards the lead ion was possibly attributed to the crystal state of zirconium phosphate and a specific interaction between orthophosphate and lead ion. Fixed-bed column runs showed that lead sorption on ZrP-CP could result in a conspicuous decrease of this toxic metal from 0.5 mg/L to below 0.01 mg/L, which is recommended as the standard of drinking water by WHO (the treatment technique standard set by US EPA is 0.015 mg/L). Also, the spent sorbent can be readily regenerated for reuse by dilute HNO(3) or HCl solution. |
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Keywords: | Zirconium phosphate Lead ion Polymer supported Sorption Column study |
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