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Adsorption of copper ions in water by adipic dihydrazide-modified kapok fibers

  • Mete Sungur Dalgic EMAIL logo , Sinem Palantöken , Kevin Bethke and Klaus Rademann
Published/Copyright: June 16, 2022
Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie
From the journal Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie Volume 236 Issue 9

Abstract

Kapok fibers (Ceiba pentandra) were modified for the removal of copper ions from aqueous solutions through adsorption. In this fast and facile method, the polysaccharide-like groups of kapok were oxidized with potassium periodate. The novel modification is the loading of the fibers with adipic dihydrazide (ADH) which contain nitrogen and oxygen atoms for heavy metal ion binding. Adsorption experiments have been carried out and analyzed via atom absorption spectroscopy and ultraviolet/visible spectroscopy. In preliminary adsorption experiments, different kapok-based materials have been analyzed on their adsorption capacity and removal efficiency via atom absorption spectroscopy. ADH-modified fibers showed the best results and an increase of copper removal efficiency by 30% in comparison to untreated kapok fibers and superior adsorption capacity compared to kapok fibers loaded with oxalic dihydrazide (ODH). Moreover, the impact of initial concentration and contact time on the adsorption capacity and on the removal efficiency values of the ADH-modified kapok fibers has been studied. Another comparison of the ADH-modified fibers with raw kapok which was cleaned with Milli-Q water, dichloromethane and ethylene glycol showed that the new adsorbents are best suited for copper solutions with concentration values of under 10 mg/L. The heavy metal adsorption experiments were analyzed through both isotherm models Langmuir and Freundlich. The Langmuir model is found to be a suitable model for copper ions. The value of the maximum adsorption capacity is 4.120 mg/g. The ADH-modified kapok fibers were characterized with attenuated total reflection infrared (ATR-IR) spectroscopy, magic-angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance (MAS-NMR) spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM).

Keywords: adipic dihydrazide; heavy metal removal; Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm models; periodate oxidation; solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Corresponding author: Mete Sungur Dalgic, Institut für Chemie, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Str. 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany, E-mail:

Funding source: DFG GSC 1013

Award Identifier / Grant number: 194424575

Funding source: Max the International Max-Planck Research

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to acknowledge Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin for their support of this work. The authors also thank Dr. G. Kubsch and S. Walther for AAS; C. Erdmann and Prof. Pinna for SEM, K. Skrodczky for ATR-IR, Dr. B. Kobin and Prof. Hecht for FTIR, Dr. A. Zehl, S. Markstein and J. Odoj for the elemental CHNS-analysis, and PD Dr. G. Scholz for the solid-state NMR measurements and proofreading.

  1. Author contributions: All authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: Funding from DFG GSC 1013 School of Analytical Sciences (SALSA) for the author S.P. is gratefully acknowledged and K.B. is most grateful for the scholarship from the International Max-Planck Research School at the Fritz Haber Institute.

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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The online version of this article offers supplementary material (https://doi.org/10.1515/zpch-2022-0022).

Received: 2022-02-01
Accepted: 2022-05-22
Published Online: 2022-06-16
Published in Print: 2022-09-27

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Keywords for this article
adipic dihydrazide; heavy metal removal; Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm models; periodate oxidation; solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

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