The recovery of strontium ions from seawater reverse osmosis brine using novel composite materials of ferrocyanides modified roasted date pits
Author | Al-Absi, Rana S. |
Author | Khan, Mariam |
Author | Abu-Dieyeh, Mohammed H. |
Author | Ben-Hamadou, Radhouane |
Author | Nasser, Mustafa S. |
Author | Al-Ghouti, Mohammad A. |
Available date | 2023-07-12T07:28:18Z |
Publication Date | 2023 |
Publication Name | Chemosphere |
Resource | Scopus |
Abstract | In this study, three types of adsorbents were used to remove and recover strontium ions (Sr2+) from aqueous and brine solution of seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO), namely roasted date pits (RDP) and RDP modified using copper and nickel salts of potassium hexacyanoferrates to obtain RDP–FC–Cu, and RDP–FC–Ni, respectively. Additionally, the influence of various parameters, including pH, temperature, initial concentration, and co-existing ions was also evaluated. The results revealed that pH 10 was the optimum pH in which the maximum Sr2+ ions were adsorbed. Additionally, all adsorbents had a high adsorption capacity (99.9 mg/g) for removing Sr2+ ions at the highest concentration (100 mg/L) and a temperature of 45 °C was found to be the optimum temperature. A scanning electron microscopy for the adsorbents before and after the adsorption of strontium showed the remarkable pore filling onto the active sites of all adsorbents. The thermodynamics parameter demonstrated that the adsorption occurred in an endothermic environment, and that, the reaction was spontaneous, and favorable at all the temperatures investigated. According to isotherm studies, the Langmuir model was the best-fit isotherm model; indicating that strontium adsorption involved the formation of monolayers and multilayers at higher temperatures (45 °C). Furthermore, high desorption percentages (above 90%) were achieved for all the adsorbents when an HCl concentration of 0.5 M was used. This showed the high reusability of the adsorbents. Lastly, the adsorption of strontium from the SWRO brine containing a number of metal ions was extremely sufficient as all the adsorbents were efficient to adsorb a high amount of Sr2+ despite the presence of other competing ions. |
Sponsor | This work was made possible by Qatar University collaborative internal grant # [ QUCG-CAS-20/21-2 ]. The findings achieved herein are solely the responsibility of the author[s]. The ICP and SEM analyses were accomplished in the Central Laboratories unit, Qatar University. |
Language | en |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Subject | Adsorption Adsorption isotherm models Metal hexacyanoferrates Thermodynamics Valuable metals |
Type | Article |
Pagination | - |
Volume Number | 311 |
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