Adsorption kinetics for arsenic removal from aqueous solutions by untreated powdered eggshell

The batch removal of arsenic from aqueous solution using low-cost adsorbent (powdered eggshell) under the influences of initial arsenic ion concentrations (0.50 to 1.50 mg/L), pH (3.2 to 11.5) and particle size of eggshells (63 to 150 μm) were investigated. Eggshells were collected from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, washed with distilled water, air dried, ground into powder and sieved into different sieve sizes using British standard sieve. Powdered eggshells were stored in a desiccator for use. Adsorption isotherms and dynamics of arsenic onto PES were studied. The study revealed that there was a slight reduction in the rate of adsorption of arsenic ion onto the larger particle size, but adsorption capacity and parameters were unaffected. Powdered eggshell with particle size of 63 μm removed up to 99.6% of the 1.5 mg/L of arsenic ion in synthetic water within the first 6 hours but decreased to 98.4% and 97.4% when the powdered eggshell particle sizes were increased to 75 and 150 μm respectively. The pH optimum for arsenic removal was 7.2. The adsorption isotherms and adsorption dynamic kinetic studied through the use of graphical method revealed that Freundlich, activated sludge adsorption and pseudo second-order kinetic models correlate significantly with the experimental data with correlation coefficient of not less than 0.964.     

Preparation and properties of negative ion/polyurethane flexible foam composites

Abstract

In this study, negative ionpowder was modified with a silane coupling agent and then added to the polyurethane flexible foam to prepare NI/PU flexible foam composites by the one-step foaming method. The effects of the amount of negative ion powder on the mechanical properties, thermal properties and release of negative ions were investigated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and negative ion detectors. The SEM results showed that modified negative ion powder could be more uniformly distributed around the cell walls of the polyurethane flexible foam. The thermal stability, tensile strength and resilience of the NI/PU flexible foam composite were improved with the increase of the amount of modified negative ion powder. Increasing the amount of modified negative ion powder could also result in an increase in the release of negative ions, and it reached 5500/cm³ or higher at a negative ion content of 3%.     

Gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric analysis of urban-related aquatic and airborne volatile organic compounds. Study of the extracts obtained by water closed-loop stripping and air adsorption with charcoal and polyurethane foam

The distribution of volatile organic compounds (VOC) in urban-influenced air and river waters was investigated. The aquatic VOC were extracted with the closed-loop stripping technique (CLST) and the airborne compounds were studied using two methods, charcoal and polyurethane foam adsorption. In both types of samples, C1-C5 alkylbenzenes and n-alkanes constitute the two major VOC groups, and the presence of these groups indicates a predominance of petroleum products in these two environmental compartments. Chlorinated compounds such as polychlorobenzenes, polychloronaphthalenes and hexachlorobutadiene are abundant in water samples, whereas tetrachloroethene is the predominant chlorinated airborne VOC. The compounds collected with each sampling system can be described in terms of ranges of volatility. These ranges (expressed as mmHg vapour pressure at 25 degrees C) can be defined approximately as 140 (methylcyclopentane)-0.65 (n-undecane) for charcoal, 5.1 (n-nonane)-0.000061 (n-docosane) for polyurethane foam and 29 (toluene)-0.000029 (n-eicosane) for the CLST. Parallel air sampling with charcoal and polyurethane foam is therefore needed to cover a VOC range similar to that afforded by the CLST in water.     

偕胺肟化聚丙烯腈纳米纤维的制备及在含金属离子废水处理中的应用

利用电纺丝技术制备了聚丙烯腈纳米纤维无纺布, 然后在水溶液原位偕胺肟化得到偕胺肟化聚丙烯腈纳米纤维, 该纳米纤维可用于吸附再生含金属离子废水. 采用氯化铜溶液模拟含金属离子废水, 探讨不同肟化率的偕胺肟化纳米纤维对铜离子的吸附效果; 发现肟化率78.8%的偕胺肟化纳米纤维的吸附能力最好, 利用Langmuir吸附方程得到最大吸附值为56.5 mg/g, 同时吸附后可将含铜废水浓度从100 mg/L降至13 μg/L, 远远低于国标GB8978-1996规定的铜排放的一级标准(总铜浓度<0.5 mg/L). 吸附铜离子的纳米纤维在1 mol/L稀硝酸中, 100 min后铜离子的解吸附率超过98%. 经4次吸附-解吸附循环后, 偕胺肟化纳米纤维的吸附能力仍能达到首次吸附最大吸附值的50%以上, 表明偕胺肟化纳米纤维具有一定的循环再生能力.     

Facile fabrication of hydrophobic octadecylamine-functionalized polyurethane foam for oil spill cleanup

To improve the hydrophobic property of polyurethane foam for oil spill cleanup, the polyurethane foam with nitrile groups is modified by grafting with oleophilic octadecylamine. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and optical contact angle measuring device are used to characterize the modified polyurethane foam. The results show that the octadecylamine has been successfully grafted onto the polyurethane foam and improved the foam hydrophobicity. The modified foam exhibits higher contact angle (146.3 ± 2.8°) compared to the unmodified foam (121.4 ± 3.2°). Moreover, the water sorption of the modified foam is 0.11g/g, which is much lower than that of the unmodified foam (0.84g/g). On the other hand, the sorption capacity of the modified foam for toluene, gasoline and diesel sorption is increased by 20?40%. Therefore, the polyurethane foam prepared by us can be effectively used in oil/solvent spill cleanup.     

Preconcentration and separation of some organic water pollutants with polyurethane foam and activated carbon

Summary Although pesticides and phenols, cause reproductive failure in many areas of the world, there is a no effective means of treating waste water containing these compounds. This work deals with the adsorption of insecticides and phenols from aqueous solution by untreated porous polyurethane foam and activated carbon. Static experiments showed that in comparison with activated carbon a reasonable percentage of the compounds was adsorbed by the foam. Attempts were therefore made to extract these species from aqueous solution by foam column chromatography.The results showed that the adsorption of the compounds was brought about by a mechanism similar to that of solvent extraction. The effect of various experimental conditions such as temperature, extracting medium, pH, contact time, volume of sample flow rate, compound concentration, and eluting solvents on the retention and separation of the compounds has been determined. The height equivalent to a theoretical plate (HETP) was calculated from breakthrough capacity curves and from chromatograms obtained from polyurethane foam columns for the insecticide Dyfonate; values were in the range 2.1–2.3 mm at 10–15 ml min^–1. Extraction of the compounds from natural water, and subsequent recovery, were both found to be complete. The high capacity of polyurethane provides advantages over activated carbon; in particular, large sample volumes can be analyzed at high flow rates.     

On-line preconcentration with different solid adsorbents for lead determination

An on-line column preconcentration method based on the combined use of ammonium O,O-diethyldithiophosphate and activated carbon or polyurethane foam as adsorbents has been developed for the determination of Pb in water samples. The complexed Pb was eluted with ethanol and determined by flame atomic absorption spectrometry. The optimum preconcentration conditions are given for each adsorbent. The enrichment factors were 63 and 294, and the detection limits (3sigma) 3 microg L(-1) and 0.8 microg L(-1), respectively, for the carbon and foam systems. When the optimized procedures were applied to the determination of Pb in water samples the recovery efficiency was > 96%.     

Characterization of solid-phase extraction of Fe(III) by unloaded polyurethane foam as thiocyanate complex

This work presents a detailed study about the adsorption of iron(III)-thiocyanate complexes onto unloaded polyether-type polyurethane foam (PUF). A novel strategy was employed for this purpose, utilizing the adjustment of the plug cylinder of PUF to the arm of an overhead stirrer. The system was characterized in relation to equilibrium and kinetic aspects and it was modeled by applying Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms. The results obtained showed that adsorption occurs on a monolayer and that external transport of the solute from solution to adsorbent was the rate-determining mechanism. A maximum adsorption capacity of 2.06 x 10(-4) mol Fe g(-1) was obtained under established experimental conditions (0.5 mol L(-1) SCN(-) and 0.005 mol L(-1) HCl). Sequential extraction experiments were carried out by changing PUF in time intervals previously defined (5, 20, and 40 min), and the obtained results showed that it is possible to remove around 95% of the Fe(III) in solution through five consecutive extractions of 5 min with five 200 mg PUF cylinders.     

The recovery of gold from thiourea solutions with open-cell polyurethane foams

The recovery of the gold-thiourea complex from aqueous solutions with TBP-loaded and unloaded polyurethane foams was investigated in batch experiments. The rates of adsorption of the gold complex on various types of loaded and unloaded foams were studied in detail and compared with the rate of adsorption on active carbon. Loaded and unloaded polyurethane foams of the polyether or polyester type behaved similarly to active carbon. The adsorption capacity of the foams was lower than that of active carbon but the use of foam simplifies the procedure by eliminating the filtration process which is necessary with carbon.     

非苯乙烯型超高交联树脂对空气、溶液及水面浮苯的吸附性能研究

研究了3种非苯乙烯超高交联吸附树脂对空气、溶液及表面浮苯的吸附滤除性能。结果表明,在C0=1722.6mg/L和C0=181.4mg/m3的水溶液或空气体系中,CMB-CMB-XDC(二氯甲基联苯自聚后与二氯甲基苯共聚)树脂对苯的吸附量与穿透吸附量分别可达874.6mg/g和41.59mg/g;对水面浮苯的吸附在3min内可达4360mg/g以上。新型非苯乙烯树脂吸附速度快、容量大,可经再生反复使用,预期在非极性芳烃废气(水)净化及突发污染事故快速处理领域具有很好的应用前景。     

Adsorption and determination of bismuth with 4-(2-pyridylazo)resorcinol on a fibrous ion exchanger

The adsorption of bismuth was studied on a fibrous material filled with a Chelex 100 ion exchanger with iminodiacetic groups and a KU-2 cation exchanger, and as thiosulfate and iodide complexes on a fibrous AV-17 (PANV-AV-17) anion exchanger. Bismuth adsorbed on the solid phase was determined with 4-(2-pyridylazo)resorcinol (PAR). The optimal conditions for adsorption and determination were selected and selectivity was studied. The system bismuth-iodide-PANV-AV-17-PAR was proposed for the determination of bismuth in the solid phase. A procedure was developed for the adsorption-spectroscopic determination of 0.04–0.4 mg/L of bismuth in fresh water and urine with a detection limit of 0.03 mg/L and RSD < 20%.     

纳米金与磁性纳米复合物构建电流型免疫传感器的研究

制备了易于磁性分离、硫堇(Thi)包覆的四氧化三铁(Fe3O4)纳米复合物。通过静电吸附作用,将萘酚(Nafion)、Thi包覆的Fe3O4复合纳米粒子层层修饰到玻碳电极表面,再利用Thi分子中的氨基吸附纳米金,最后固载甲胎蛋白抗体,从而制得灵敏度高、稳定性好的无试剂电流型甲胎蛋白免疫传感器。实验通过透射电子显微镜(TEM)对该复合纳米粒子进行表征,并用循环伏安法考察了电极的电化学特性。结果表明,Fe3O4/Thi复合纳米粒子修饰的电极在实验过程中呈现出良好的氧化还原活性,其检测范围为0.05～20μg/L,检出限为0.03μg/L。     

Adsorption of Cr(VI) on ureolytic mixed culture from biocatalytic calcification reactor

Ca-rich water and wastewater have caused problems in water use, wastewater reuse and the operations of reactors treating Ca-rich wastewater. Nowadays, reuse of wastewaters is fast gaining importance as water sources have been polluted. Therefore, the concept of biocatalytic calcification reactors (BCR) based on urea hydrolysis, pH increase and calcite production has been studied to remove Ca from wastewaters. This biological process produces significant amounts of waste sludge. In the present study, Cr(VI) adsorption on the ureolytic mixed culture (UMC) waste by-product from BCR was investigated to evaluate its potential for metal removal. The biosorption process was investigated using equilibrium batch tests and the data were fit to the Langmuir, Freundlich and Temkin isotherm models. The Cr(VI) ion concentration dependence of sorption (1-100 mg/L) could be fit to the Langmuir isotherm model. Monolayer adsorption capacity, qm (mg/g), of the adsorbent was 8.67 and the Langmuir constant b (L/mg) was 0.881. Based on the obtained results, the waste UMC appears to be a potential biosorbent for the removal of Cr(VI) from wastewater, although its adsorptive capacity is lower than those of other biosorbents.     

Urea hard segment morphology in flexible polyurethane foam

A series of flexible polyurethane slabstock foam samples were prepared with varying water content and studied using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), video-enhanced optical microscopy (VEM), and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). A new TEM sample preparation technique was developed in which the foam is impregnated with water, frozen, and microtomed, and the polyether soft segment is selectively degraded in the electron beam. Structures of two size scales were detected. A texture with grains (“urea aggregates”) 50–200 nm in size was imaged using both VEM and low-magnification TEM for foams with formulations containing more than 2 pphp water. For the first time, images of urea hard segment microdomains in polyurethane foam (approximately 5 nm in size) were obtained using high-magnification TEM. A microdomain spacing of approximately 6–8 nm was estimated from the SAXS scattering profiles. Glycerol was added to one of the formulations in order to modify the urea microphase separation and to give insight into morphology development in molded polyurethane foam systems. No structure was observed in low-magnification TEM images of the glycerol-modified foam, although smaller structures (hard segments) were detected at high magnification and by SAXS. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 36: 573–581, 1998     

焙烧层状氢氧化镁铝对水中氟离子的吸附性能

研究了焙烧层状氢氧化镁铝(CLDH)对水中氟离子的吸附性能,考察了焙烧温度、吸附时间、吸附剂用量、溶液pH值等条件对吸附的影响.发现在较宽的pH(5.5～9.5)值范围内,CLDH对水中氟离子具有良好的吸附能力,室温下0.2gCLDH可将50mL浓度为15mg/L氟离子溶液处理为符合含氟标准的饮用水.吸附平衡符合Langmuir方程,在60min内达到饱和吸附,室温下饱和吸附量为22.64 mg/g.吸附饱和后的CLDH焙烧再生,循环使用5次后饱和吸附量为10.37 mg/g.     

聚氨酯泡沫塑料吸附-电感耦合等离子体质谱(ICP-MS)法测定地球化学样品中的痕量金

探讨了聚氨酯泡沫塑料的预处理、样品浓度、水洗条件、基体元素对金吸附率的影响等因素。结果表明,用泡沫塑料吸附含金量为5 ng~500μg的溶液,吸附率均在90%以上。影响聚氨酯泡沫塑料吸附率的重要条件是振荡前要用水充分浸透,水洗基体元素,矿渣宜在酸性环境下进行。铁、钛等离子可以提高吸附率,钠、钙、锌、矿渣等影响不显著,铝离子有微弱的抑制作用。ICP-MS的灵敏度与介质的雾化率有一定的相关性,应当使用硫脲介质的工作溶液作工作曲线,内标元素可用103Rh或185Re,但是对于高含量W样品,只能使用103Rh作内标。用金矿石国家标准物质做精密度与准确度验证,测定值与标准值无显著差异,相对标准偏差(RSD)均小于10%,精密度能满足地球化学样品中痕量金的分析要求。     

Molybdenum determination in iron matrices by ICP-AES after separation and preconcentration using polyurethane foam

A procedure is proposed for the separation and determination of molybdenum in iron matrices by a batch process. It is based on the solid-phase extraction of the molybdenum(V) ion as thiocyanate complex on polyurethane (PU) foam. The extraction parameters were optimized. Using 0.20 mol L-1 hydrochloric acid, a thiocyanate concentration of 0.10 mol L-1, 100 mg of polyurethane foam and shaking time of 10 min, molybdenum (5-400 micrograms) can be separated and preconcentrated from large amounts of iron (10 mg). Desorption was carried out instantaneously by conc. nitric acid or acetone. Distribution coefficients, sorption capacity of the PU foam and coefficients of variation were also evaluated. The effect of some ions on the separation procedure was assessed. Iron(III) should be reduced to iron(II). The proposed procedure was used to determine molybdenum in standard iron matrices such as steel and pure iron. The achieved results did not show significant differences with certified values.     

Network forming properties of various proteins adsorbed at the air/water interface in relation to foam stability

A series of proteins was studied with respect to their ability to form a network at the air/water interface and their suitability as foaming agents and foam stabilizers. Proteins were chosen with a range of structures from flexible to rigid/globular: beta-casein, beta-lactoglobulin, ovalbumin, and (soy) glycinin. Experiments were performed at neutral pH except for glycinin, which was studied at both pH 3 and pH 6.7. The adsorption process was followed with an automated drop tensiometer (ADT). Network forming properties were assessed in terms of surface dilational modulus (determined with the ADT), the critical falling film length (L(still)) and flow rate (Q(still)) below which a stagnant film exists (as measured with the overflowing cylinder technique), and the fracture stress and fracture strain measured in surface shear. It was found that glycinin (pH 3) can form an interfacial gel in a very short time, whereas beta-casein has very poor network-forming properties. Hardly any foam could be produced at the chosen conditions with glycinin (pH 6.7) and with ovalbumin, whereas beta-casein, beta-lactoglobulin, and glycinin (pH 3) were good foaming agents. It seems that adsorption and unfolding rate are most important for foam formation. Once the foam is formed, a rigid network might favor stabilizing the foam.     

Extraction Preconcentration of Naphthols and Phenol with Solvent Mixtures Impregnated into Polyurethane Foam

The extraction of phenol and naphthols with isomolar mixtures of nonane and tributyl phosphate, dibutyl phthalate, or hexane impregnated in ester-based polyurethane foam was studied. The optimum conditions for the extraction–adsorption preconcentration (equilibration time, the pH of the solution, the volume of the test sample, the mass of the adsorbent pellet, and the nature and composition of the mixture applied to polyurethane foam) were determined. A procedure providing the 250- to 350-fold preconcentration of phenol and naphthols is proposed for quantitative extraction.     

Evaluation of Hydrophobic Polyurethane Foam as Sorbent Material for Oil Spill Recovery

In this work, hydrophobic polyurethane foam was prepared using hy-drosilicone oil-grafted polybutadiene as soft segment via foaming technology. It was found that the hydrophobic polyurethane foams exhibited good hydrophobic capability and were regenerated easily. Of great interest, the hydrophobic polyurethane foams expand in contact with the oils. This indicates that the process of sorption by the hydrophobic polyurethane foams involves both the filling of the pores with oils and the absorption of oils by the polymer regions (polyurethane elastomer skeleton), and the adsorption capacity of the hydrophobic polyurethane foams can be enhanced by the swelling of the polyurethane elastomer skeleton. We can use this finding to improve the adsorption capacity of the hydrophobic polyurethane foams without merely changing the porosity. The effect of the swelling property of the hydrophobic polyurethane foams on the sorption capacity was further investigated. The results suggest that the hydrophobic polyurethane foams are promising in the application of oil spill recovery.