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Tetraethylenepentamine-modified sugarcane bagasse (SCB) was prepared to improve its adsorption capacity and selectivity toward Cu2+. Adsorption performances of the modified sorbent for Cu2+ were studied in batch system. Separation of Cu2+ from Pb2+ by the modified sorbent fixed-bed column were studied under dynamic system with initial molar concentration ratio \(\left( {C_{0}^{\text{Cu}} /C_{0}^{\text{Pb}} } \right)\) ranging from 1:1 to 1:100. The amount of Cu2+ and Pb2+ adsorbed on the saturated column was calculated by the elution curve. Batch experimental results showed that the adsorption capacity of the sorbent for Cu2+ increased from 0.12 to 0.21 mmol g−1 after modification. Dynamic adsorption results showed that the modified SCB had higher adsorption affinity toward Cu2+ than Pb2+. 0.07 mmol g−1 of adsorbed Pb2+ was pushed off by Cu2+ during the competitive adsorption process at \(C_{0}^{\text{Cu}} /C_{0}^{\text{Pb}} = {\text{1:1}}.\) The breakthrough curves and adsorption kinetics of Cu2+ in the column could be fitted well by the Yoon–Nelson and modified Yoon–Nelson model, respectively. According to the elution curve, the amount of Cu2+ adsorbed on the fixed-bed column were 0.16, 0.16 and 0.15 mmol g−1, while that of Pb2+ were 0.0016, 0.0051 and 0.0094 mmol g−1 when \(C_{0}^{\text{Cu}} /C_{0}^{\text{Pb}}\) increased from 1:1 to 1:10 and 1:100. Cu2+ could be selectively adsorbed and separated from Pb2+ by using the modified sorbent fixed-bed column.
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The work is financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51574182), the Key Project of Chinese Ministry of Education (No. 213024A) and the program for excellent young scientific and technological innovation team of Hubei Provincial Department of Education, China (No. T201506).
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Yu, J., Xiong, W., Zhu, J. et al. Separation of Cu2+ and Pb2+ by tetraethylenepentamine-modified sugarcane bagasse fixed-bed column: selective adsorption and kinetics. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. 13, 1933–1940 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-016-1013-4
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