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The removal of toxic heavy metals species from aqueous solutions is the concern of this paper which investigates the sorption kinetics and equilibriums in the uptake of copper(II) by low-cost chitinous adsorbents prepared from Algerian shrimp (Palinurus elephas) shell waste. Acid-washed shrimp shells and chitin biosorbents resulted from the bulk treatment of the waste with 1.2 M HCl and 1 M NaOH that aims to the demineralization and the deproteinization of raw biomass. Elements analysis experiments showed that such treatments led to a significant increase in nitrogen content in the biomaterial. In fact, this finding proved that nitrogen chemical moieties (amine and acetamide) are likely the key parameters in copper(II)-binding phenomena. Maximum adsorption yields at pH 4 were found to be 16 mg g−1 for acid-washed shrimp shells and 24 mg g−1 for chitin but many times more with chitosan (about 150 mg g−1). Besides, kinetic measurements of copper(II) sorption onto the various biomaterials were fitted properly to the pseudo-second-order model and the Langmuir equation applied to the isotherms modeling.
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This work is dedicated to Professor K.E. BAL and Miss S. LOUZ, who died, for their invaluable contribution in the initiation, the redaction and the experimental work.
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Maachou, H., Bal, Y., Chagnes, A. et al. Copper sorption on chitin and acid-washed shrimp shells from Palinurus elephas: isotherm and kinetic studies. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. 16, 5049–5054 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-019-02241-6
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