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Comparative study of mercury(II) species removal onto naked and modified magnetic chitosan flakes coated ethylenediaminetetraacetic-disodium: kinetic and thermodynamic modeling

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This comparative study investigates pre-concentration/separation procedure for the magnetic solid phase extraction of Hg(II) species by a new green materials: naked magnetic chitosan flakes coated Fe3O4 micro-particles (NMCFs) and magnetic chitosan flakes coated Fe3O4 micro-particles embedded ethylenediaminetetraacetic-disodium (MCFs-EDTA-Na2) in a batch process. The sorption procedure was optimized by using model solutions containing mercury(II) ions in chloride medium. The influence of experimental parameters like pH, time reaction, initial Hg(II) concentration, and ionic strength was investigated. The SEM micrograph indicates a good dispersion of magnetite micro-particles onto chitosan flakes. The FTIR spectrum reveals that EDTA-Na2 moieties have been successfully cross-linked onto magnetic chitosan flakes. Vibration magneto-metric measurements confirm the paramagnetic (without remanence) behavior of NMCFs and MCFs-EDTA-Na2. The experimental sorption data show that Hg(II) ions extraction yield decreases in acidic medium in both NMCFs and MCFs-EDTA-Na2. The found optimum pH values are near 4.5 using NMCFs and 4.7 when the Hg(II) ion sorption occurs onto MCFs-EDTA-Na2 micro-particles. The results also showed that Hg(II) ion sorption kinetic was very fast at the initial stage of contact time. The maximal sorption capacity was found to be 454 ± 13 mg g−1, under optimum conditions, using NMCFs and 495 ± 14 mg g−1 when MCFs-EDTA-Na2 was used.

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The author would like to express his sincere thanks to Dr. Eric GUIBAL (Ecole des Mines d’Alès, Centre des matériaux et des mines C2MA, 6 Avenue de Clavières, F-30319 Ales Cedex, France) for his keen interest in the work. Also, a sincere thanks for Prof. Alexandru STANCU (University of Iași, Faculty of Physics, Department of Physics & CARPATH, Iași, 700506, Romania).

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Ferrah, N. Comparative study of mercury(II) species removal onto naked and modified magnetic chitosan flakes coated ethylenediaminetetraacetic-disodium: kinetic and thermodynamic modeling. Environ Sci Pollut Res 25, 24923–24938 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-2553-6

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