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Experimental studies on removal of arsenites from industrial effluents using tridodecylamine supported liquid membrane

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In this article, we report the efficient removal of arsenic in the form of arsenite (As(III)) from an aqueous solution which was applied on the industrial effluents. A flat-sheet polypropylene-supported liquid membrane (SLM) was clamped between the feed phase and strip phase in a liquid membrane permeator setup using tridodecylamine (TDDA) as carrier for extraction of As(III). We have optimized the reaction in changing different parameters such as metal, acid concentration in feed phase, strip phase concentration, and carrier concentration for the maximum As(III) transport through the SLM. The flux value, time of extraction, the stoichiometry of the complex formed, and membrane stability were also investigated. As a result of different experiments performed, we find the best conditions of 0.1 mol/L of TDDA, 1.0 mol/L of HCl in feed phase at optimum pH 1, and 1.0 mol/L of NaOH in stripping phase for the maximum As(III) removal. The optimized reaction was utilized on effluent collected from different industries. During repeated set of experiments on a single polypropylene membrane, it was found that it could withstand five consecutive experiments. Moreover, as high as 93% of extraction efficiency was achieved in 180 min.

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  1. Institute of Chemical Sciences, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan

    Nauman Ali, Sunbul Azeem & Adnan Khan

  2. Department of Chemistry, Islamia College University Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan

    Hamayun Khan

  3. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    Tahseen Kamal & Abdullah M. Asiri

  4. Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    Tahseen Kamal & Abdullah M. Asiri

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Ali, N., Azeem, S., Khan, A. et al. Experimental studies on removal of arsenites from industrial effluents using tridodecylamine supported liquid membrane. Environ Sci Pollut Res 27, 11932–11943 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-07619-5

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Keywords

  • Supported liquid membrane (SLM)
  • Arsenic(III)
  • Tridodecylamine
  • Polypropylene membrane