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Low-cost magnetic adsorbent for As(III) removal from water: adsorption kinetics and isotherms

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Magnetite nanoparticles as adsorbent for arsenic (As) were coated on sand particles. The coated sand was used for the removal of highly toxic element ‘As(III)’ from drinking water. Here, batch experiments were performed with the variation of solution pH, adsorbent dose, contact time and initial arsenic concentration. The adsorbent showed significant removal efficiency around 99.6 % for As(III). Analysis of adsorption kinetics revealed that the adsorbent follows pseudo-second-order kinetics model showing R 2 = 0.999, whereas for pseudo-first-order kinetics model, the value of R 2 was 0.978. In the case of adsorption equilibrium, the data is well fitted with Langmuir adsorption isotherm model (R 2 > 0.99), indicating monolayer adsorption of As(III) on the surface of adsorbent. The existence of commonly present ions in water influences the removal efficiency of As(III) minutely in the following order PO4 3− > HCO3 − > Cl− > SO4 2−. The obtained adsorbent can be used to overcome the problem of water filtration in rural areas. Moreover, as the nano-magnetite is coated on the sand, it avoids the problem of extraction of nanoparticles from treated water and can easily be removed by a simple filtration process.

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This work was supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Delhi (Project number: FTP/PS-40/2011) and Nanotechnology Lab, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Solan-173234, India.

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Kango, S., Kumar, R. Low-cost magnetic adsorbent for As(III) removal from water: adsorption kinetics and isotherms. Environ Monit Assess 188, 60 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-015-5077-2

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