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Bioremediation of arsenic from water with citric acid cross-linked water hyacinth (E. crassipes) root powder

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A green and novel approach was demonstrated for successful remediation of arsenic from contaminated water by citric acid (CA) cross-linked water hyacinth root powder (RP). Different analytical techniques were used to investigate the binding and structural properties of prepared materials. Titanium dioxide played a significant role in the cross-linking process. Incorporation of CA into RP enhanced its integrity, and thus removal efficiency remained unaffected after several cyclic runs. Also the turbidity which formed due to treatment with uncross-linked RP was reduced to below the permissible limit. Effect of the amount of CA, material dose, treatment time, initial ion concentration, and pH were investigated. Use of 10% (w/w) CA was found to be sufficient to bring down the turbidity of the treated water below 2.5 nephelometric turbidity unit (NTU) without hampering the removal capacity/rate. A material dose of 5 g/L removed successfully total inorganic arsenic concentration to below 10 μg/L. The sorption process could be reasonably explained by Langmuir isotherm, and the maximum adsorption capacity was found to be 28 μg of arsenic/g. The material was found to be more efficient at acidic pH (pHZPC = 6.72). The sorption process was governed by a pseudo-second-order kinetic model.

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    Pankaj Gogoi, Pooja Adhikari & Tarun K. Maji

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Gogoi, P., Adhikari, P. & Maji, T.K. Bioremediation of arsenic from water with citric acid cross-linked water hyacinth (E. crassipes) root powder. Environ Monit Assess 189, 383 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-017-6068-2

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