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High-Performance Fe-Al Double Hydroxide Prepared by Red Mud for Arsenic Removal

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A novel Fe-Al double hydroxides adsorbent (DHs-FeAl) was synthesized utilizing red mud (RM), and then the arsenic(As)V adsorption characteristics of DHs-FeAl were evaluated. The iron-containing acid leaching residue (Fe = 63.55%) generated during the production of DHs-FeAl can be used directly as a raw material for iron metallurgy. Optimized conditions for As(V) adsorption were observed to be pH = 4.0–9.0, 1.0 g/L adsorbent dosage, 50 mg/L initial As(V) concentration, 720 min, and ambient temperature. The adsorption capacity of DH-FeAl for As(V) was up to 117.73 mg/g, as determined by fitting adsorption equilibrium data using the Langmuir–Freundlich isothermal model (R2 > 99%). According to the adsorption thermodynamic and kinetic results, the As(V) adsorption process, controlled by coupled external and internal diffusion, was dominated by physisorption and supplemented by inner-sphere complexation and hydroxide ion exchange. When the DHs-FeAl was regenerated with an NaOH-NaCl binary solution after adsorbing As(V), the adsorbent still had a good adsorption capacity for the first three cycles. Based on the results, it was possible and efficient to adsorb As(V) using DHs-FeAl. The research complied with the notions of reusing resources and treating waste with waste.

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Abbreviations

Q e :

Apparent adsorbed amount of As(V) (mg/g)

C 0 :

Initial concentration of As(V) (mg/L)

C e :

Equilibrium concentration of As(V) (mg/L)

V :

The volume of the solution (L)

m :

Dosage of the adsorbent (g)

%R e :

The percentage removal of As (V)

Q max :

The capacity of saturated adsorption (mg/g)

K L :

Langmuir constant (L/mg)

K F :

Freundlich affinity coefficient ((mg/g)/(mg/L)1/n)

n :

Freundlich constants

K d :

Thermodynamic equilibrium constant

ΔG θ :

Standard Gibbs free energy (kJ mol−1)

ΔH θ :

Standard enthalpy (kJ mol−1)

ΔS θ :

Standard entropy (J mol−1 K−1)

R :

Gas constant (8.314 J mol−1 K−1)

T :

Temperature (K)

Q t :

Adsorption capacity at a certain time (mg/g)

k 1 :

The rate constant of the PFO (min−1)

k 2 :

The rate constant of the PSO (g/mg min)

Q fast :

Adsorption capacity during fast phase (mg/g)

k fast :

Fast phase constant (min−1)

k slow :

Slow phase constant (min−1)

C :

Webber–Morris constant

k p :

Webber–Morris rate constant (mg g−1 min−1/2)

%R d :

Desorption percentage

C d :

As(V) concentration in regeneration eluent (mg/g)

C w :

As(V) concentration in wash water (mg/g)

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This work was supported by Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21276286 and No. 21476268) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central South University (No.2023ZZTS0456).

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Liu, H., Tang, X., Tang, Z. et al. High-Performance Fe-Al Double Hydroxide Prepared by Red Mud for Arsenic Removal. JOM (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-023-06301-8

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