As(III) removal using an iron-impregnated chitosan sorbent

• Published in: Journal of hazardous materials Vol. 182; no. 1; pp. 156 - 161
• Main Authors: Gang, Daniel Dianchen, Deng, Baolin, Lin, LianShin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier B.V 15.10.2010; Elsevier
• Subjects: Absorbents; Adsorbents; Adsorption; Adsorption isotherm; Applied sciences; Arsenates; Arsenic; Arsenic - isolation & purification; As(III) adsorption kinetics; Chemical engineering; Chitosan; Chitosan - chemistry; Conduction; Exact sciences and technology; Iron - chemistry; Iron-chitosan; Isotherms; Kinetics; Mathematical models; Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; Pollution; Spectrophotometry, Atomic; Trivalent arsenic; Adsorption; As(III) adsorption kinetics; Trivalent arsenic; Iron-chitosan; Adsorption isotherm; Absorbent; Arsenic; Arsenates; Adsorption capacity; Modeling; Composite material; Arsenites; Batchwise; pH; Kinetics; Sorbent
• ISSN: 0304-3894; 1873-3336; 1873-3336
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.06.008

An iron-impregnated chitosan granular adsorbent was newly developed to evaluate its ability to remove arsenic from water. Since most existing arsenic removal technologies are effective in removing As(V) (arsenate), this study focused on As(III). The adsorption behavior of As(III) onto the iron-impregnated chitosan absorbent was examined by conducting batch and column studies. Maximum adsorption capacity reached 6.48 mg g −1 at pH = 8 with initial As(III) concentration of 1007 μg L −1. The adsorption isotherm data fit well with the Freundlich model. Seven hundred and sixty eight (768) empty bed volumes (EBV) of 308 μg L −1 of As(III) solution were treated in column experiments. These are higher than the empty bed volumes (EBV) treated using iron-chitosan composites as reported by previous researchers. The investigation has indicated that the iron-impregnated chitosan is a very promising material for As(III) removal from water.