Adsorption of Cr(VI) in waste water by functional superparamagnetic PGMA polymer microspheres with amino groups

Peng Fei Li, Liang Rong Yang, Wen Song Li, Yin Bin Huang, Juan Wang, Peng Kong, Lin Xu, Hui Zhou Liu*

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Abstract

Micron-sized monodisperse superparamagnetic polyglycidyl methacrylate (PGMA) particles with functional amino groups were prepared and characterized by SEM, FT-IR and XRD, respectively. The effect of pH value on the adsorption was studied. Their adsorption properties and mechanism for Cr(VI) from wastewater were investigated. In a model system, the adsorption process followed the Langmuir adsorption isotherm, and the maximum sorption capacity of was calculated to be 263.16 mg/g at 308 K and pH 4.5. The adsorption of Cr(VI) capacity reached equilibrium within 15 min and followed pseudo second order kinetics. The adsorption was a spontaneous and endothermic process with ΔH0=9.63 kJ/mol.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)554-560
Number of pages7
JournalGuocheng Gongcheng Xuebao/The Chinese Journal of Process Engineering
Volume11
Issue number4
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Adsorption
  • Amino group
  • Cr(VI)
  • Monodispersion
  • PGMA
  • Superparamagnetism

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