Nanostructured Fe2O3/Al2O3 Adsorbent for removal of As (V) from water

Akhlaghian, Faranak; Souri, Bubak; Mohamadi, Zahra

doi:10.22104/aet.2017.2003.1099

Nanostructured Fe2O3/Al2O3 Adsorbent for removal of As (V) from water

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran

² Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran

10.22104/aet.2017.2003.1099

Abstract

The presence of arsenate in drinking water causes adverse health effects including skin lesions, diabetes, cancer, damage to the nervous system, and cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, the removal of As (V) from water is necessary. In this work, nanostructured adsorbent Fe₂O₃/Al₂O₃ was synthesized via the sol-gel method and applied to remove arsenate from polluted waters. First, the Fe₂O₃ load of the adsorbent was optimized. The Fe₂O₃/Al₂O₃ adsorbent was characterized by means of XRF, XRD, ASAP, and SEM techniques. The effects of the operating conditions of the batch process of As (V) adsorption such as pH, adsorbent dose, contact time, and initial concentration of As (V) solution were studied, and optimized. The thermodynamic study of the process showed that arsenate adsorption was endothermic. The kinetic model corresponded to the pseudo-second-order model. The Langmuir adsorption isotherm was better fitted to the experimental data. The Fe₂O₃/Al₂O₃ adsorbent was immobilized on leca granules and applied for As (V) adsorption. The results showed that the immobilization of Fe₂O₃/Al₂O₃ on leca particles improved the As (V) removal efficiency.

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Main Subjects

Adsorption

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