Issue 4, 2024

Regenerable chitosan-embedded magnetic iron oxide beads for nitrate removal from industrial wastewater

Abstract

Industrial sites worldwide significantly contribute to water pollution. Nitrates are a common effluent pollutant from such sites. Effective means to remove nitrate ions (NO3) from polluted waters are needed. Chitosan beads, which are a non-toxic, biocompatible, and biodegradable polymer, are used for this purpose in this research. Iron-oxide nanoparticles are synthesized via the co-precipitation route and embedded into chitosan by chemical co-precipitation to form ion exchange chitosan beads (IECBs) for NO3 removal. The performance of the IECBs in a batch system was studied against NO3 adsorption from industrial water. Morphological, structural, and chemical characterization was performed by SEM, EDX mapping, BET, XRD, and FTIR, while the extent of NO3 adsorption was quantified using UV-vis spectroscopy. Different factors influencing the adsorption of NO3 on the IECBs were investigated, including the adsorbent dosage, pH of the solution, initial concentration, and interaction time. It is demonstrated that pseudo-second-order isothermal and kinetic models were best fits to the experimental data. It was found that the IECBs had a maximum adsorption capacity of 47.07 mg g−1 and could load up to ∼93% of the NO3 from the batch system. The regeneration efficiency for the IECBs over 5 cycles remained high in the range of 93% to 79%, indicating their potential for industrial water treatment use.

Graphical abstract: Regenerable chitosan-embedded magnetic iron oxide beads for nitrate removal from industrial wastewater

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
17 Nov 2023
Accepted
02 Feb 2024
First published
06 Feb 2024
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Environ. Sci.: Adv., 2024,3, 572-584

Regenerable chitosan-embedded magnetic iron oxide beads for nitrate removal from industrial wastewater

M. Nasir, F. Javaid, M. T. Masood, D. M. Arshad, M. Yasir, V. Sedlarik, M. A. Qadir, H. Qiblawey, W. Zhang, K. M. Deen, E. Asselin and N. M. Ahmad, Environ. Sci.: Adv., 2024, 3, 572 DOI: 10.1039/D3VA00351E

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