نوع مقاله : مقاله کامل پژوهشی
عنوان مقاله English
نویسندگان English
Water contamination by heavy metal cations such as nickel, cobalt, and lead has become a significant environmental concern. To remove these pollutants from water to levels that allow industrial wastewater to be reused in industrial and agricultural applications, various methods, including adsorption using different adsorbents, have been employed. In this study, a chitosan/acid-activated bentonite composite adsorbent was prepared in the form of beads. A suspension containing chitosan and bentonite at different weight ratios was added dropwise into an alkaline medium containing NaOH and then allowed to stand for 24 h to facilitate the formation of beads with suitable size, shape, and apparent mechanical strength. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern of the composite beads indicated an increase in the interlayer spacing of the montmorillonite layers. Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) analysis showed that compositing chitosan with bentonite increased the specific surface area by 407% compared with chitosan beads alone. Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy revealed the formation of a Ni(RNH₂)²⁺ complex between nickel cations and the amine groups of chitosan, evidenced by an absorption peak at a wavenumber of 1632 cm⁻¹. Nickel adsorption at an initial concentration of 80 ppm, pH 7–8, and a temperature of 25 °C, using composite beads with a chitosan-to-bentonite weight ratio of 2:1, achieved 93% removal, corresponding to an adsorption capacity of 18.6 mg/g. The results of the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm studies for the activated chitosan/bentonite composite beads indicated that the experimental data were in good agreement with the Freundlich model.
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