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Simultaneous removal of arsenate and arsenite in water using a novel functional halloysite nanotube composite

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This work aims at exploring a novel environment-friendly nanomaterial based on natural clay minerals for arsenic removal in aqueous samples. Halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) were selected as the substrate with Mn oxides loaded on the surface to enhance its arsenic adsorption ability and then grafted onto the SiO2-coated Fe3O4 microsphere to get a just enough magnetic performance facilitating the material’s post-treatment. The prepared composite (Fe3O4@SiO2@Mn-HNTs) was extensively characterized by various instruments including Fourier transform infrared spectroscope (FTIR), scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), thermogravimetric analysis (TG), vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscope (XPS), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Batch experiments were carried out to get the optimum test conditions for arsenic adsorption by the composite, including pH, loading amount of Mn oxides, adsorbent dosage, and the co-existing ions. The adsorption of AsIII and AsV on Fe3O4@SiO2@Mn-HNTs were both well fitted with the pseudo-second-order kinetic model as well as the Langmuir adsorption isotherm model revealing the chemisorption between arsenic and Fe3O4@SiO2@Mn-HNTs. The adsorption process of AsIII and AsV were both endothermic and spontaneous displayed by the thermodynamic study. The capacities of the prepared composite are 3.28 mg g−1 for AsIII and 3.52 mg g−1 for AsV, respectively, which are comparable or better than those of many reported materials in the references. Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure (TCLP) and synthetic precipitation leaching procedure (SPLP) tests were carried out to access the secondary environmental risk of the composite and showed that it was quite environmentally stable and can be safely disposed. The composite was successfully applied in environmental water samples indicating its great potential applicability in future.

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This study was co-supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21,777,040) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2017ZZD07, 2018MS115).

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  1. Hebei Key Lab of Power Plant Flue Gas Multi-Pollutants Control, Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Baoding, 071000, China

    Jiexuan Yu, Kegang Zhang, Xuelei Duan, Changxian Zhao, Xiaoyang Wei & Chun-Gang Yuan

  2. Wetland Research Center for Baiyangdian Lake, North China Electric Power University, Baoding, 071000, China

    Jiexuan Yu, Kegang Zhang, Qi Guo & Chun-Gang Yuan

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Jiexuan Yu and Kegang Zhang contribute equally in this work. Jiexuan Yu: material preparation, data collection and analysis, first draft of the manuscript preparation; Kegang Zhang: methodology, writing draft preparation, reviewing, and editing; Chun-Gang Yuan: conceptualization, methodology, writing—reviewing and editing, funding acquisition; Xuelei Duan: methodology, material characterization; Changxian Zhao: material characterization, data analysis; Xiaoyang Wei and Qi Guo: experimental and data analysis. All authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Yu, J., Zhang, K., Duan, X. et al. Simultaneous removal of arsenate and arsenite in water using a novel functional halloysite nanotube composite. Environ Sci Pollut Res 29, 77131–77144 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-20261-7

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