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Influence of clay on the adsorption of heavy metals like copper and cadmium on chitosan

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The influence of clay on the adsorption of heavy metals like copper and cadmium on chitosan from simulated industrial wastewater is evaluated. Chitosan–clay blend with ratio of (1:1), (1:2), and (2:1) have been prepared, and these were used as membranes to remove copper and cadmium ions from synthetic industrial wastewater. The chemical parameters for quantities of adsorption of heavy metal contamination have been done, and the kinetics of adsorption has also been carried out. Clay provides enough absorbable sites to overcome mass transfer limitations. The number of absorbable sites for cadmium is more compared to copper, and thus the rate of recovery of cadmium is faster than copper, and the percentage removal of cadmium is more than copper at all times on clay over nylon 6. This difference indicates the influence of clay in the adsorption of heavy metals in comparison to synthetic polymer nylon 6. Rate constant for first-order kinetics of adsorption, k 1, for copper and cadmium is less than that of clay, which clearly indicates that clay, which is a natural polymer, is more kinetically favored compared to synthetic polymer. The difference in the intraparticle diffusion in both the natural and synthetic polymer is not much, and it suggests that the particle diffusion mechanism is the same in both cases. Copper and cadmium recovery is parallel at all times. The percentage of removal of copper increased with an increase in pH from 3 to 5. In the case of cadmium containing wastewater, the maximum removal of metal occurred at pH 5. The uptake amount of Cu2+ ions on chitosan increased rapidly with increasing the contact time from 0 to 360 min and then reaches equilibrium after 360 min, and the equilibrium constant for copper and cadmium ions are more or less the same for the adsorption reaction. There are more adsorption sites for cadmium in the presence of clay and mass transfer limitation is avoided without resorting to rotation, which is the highlight of the present work. And more so, this is pronounced in the case of natural polymer compared to synthetic polymer.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Viswa Mahavidyalaya (SCSVMV University), Kancheepuram, India

    Nagan Prakash

  2. P.G. and Research Department of Chemistry, D.K.M. College for Women, Thiruvalluvar University Vellore, Vellore, India

    Srinivasan Latha

  3. P.G. and Research Department of Chemistry, D.K.M. College for Women, Vellore, India

    Persu N. Sudha

  4. Department of Chemistry, Veltech Dr. RR & Dr.SR Technical University, Chennai-62, India

    N. Gopalan Renganathan

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Prakash, N., Latha, S., Sudha, P.N. et al. Influence of clay on the adsorption of heavy metals like copper and cadmium on chitosan. Environ Sci Pollut Res 20, 925–938 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-012-0935-8

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