Author Affiliations
1MOE Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Systems Optimization, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China2Heibei Key Lab of Power Plant Flue Gas Multi-Pollutants Control, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Baoding 071003, Chinashow less
1. SEM images of NZVI (A), SNZVI (B), CMAL (C) and CMAL-SNZVI (E); TEM images of CMAL (D) and CMAL- SNZVI (F)
2. Element mapping of Ca(A), Mg(B), Al(C), Fe(D), S(E), and O(F), and EDS pattern (G) of CMAL-SNZVI
3. XRD patterns (A) of CMAL-SNZVI, CMAL and SNZVI, N2 adsorption-desorption isotherm (B)and magnetization curve (C) of CMAL-SNZVI
4. Adsorption kinetics (A), pseudo-first-order (B) and pseudo-second-order kinetic plots (C), adsorption isotherms (D) of U(VI) adsorption on CMAL-SNZVI and CMAL
5. Effect of pH (A) and ionic strength (C) on U(VI) adsorption of CMAL-SNZVI and CMAL, Zeta potential values of CMAL-SZVI as a function of pH (B), species distribution of U(VI) as a function of pH by Visual MINTEQ (D)
6. XPS survey spectra of CMAL-SNZVI (before and after U(VI) adsorption) (A), High -resolution XPS spectra of U4f (B), Fe2p (C), S2p (D), Ca2p (E), Mg1s (F) and Al2p (G), and removal mechanisms of U(VI) on CMAL-SNZVI (H)
Material | Pseudo-first-order model | Pseudo-second-order model |
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k1/min-1 | Qe/(mg·g-1) | R2 | k2/(g·mg-1·min-1) | Qe/(mg·g-1) | R2 |
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CMAL | 0.049 | 62.62 | 0.95 | 0.0015 | 65.36 | 0.99 | CMAL-SNZVI | 0.121 | 87.60 | 0.94 | 0.0036 | 90.09 | 0.99 |
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Table 1. Kinetic modeling of U(VI) adsorption on CMAL and CMAL-SNZVI
Adsorbents | Langmuir model | Freundlich model |
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Qmax/(mg·g-1) | KL/(L·mg-1) | R2 | KF/(mg1-n·Ln·g-1) | n | R2 |
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CMAL | 129.8 | 0.36 | 0.975 | 51.5 | 3.89 | 0.877 | CMAL | 175.7 | 0.95 | 0.954 | 89.5 | 4.60 | 0.933 | -SNZVI |
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Table 2. Parameters calculated from the Langmuir and Freundlich models for U(VI) adsorption on CMAL-SNZVI at 25 ℃
Adsorbents | pH | Equilibrium time/h | Removal capacity /(mg·g-1) | Ref. |
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nZVI/C composite | 4.0 | Not given | 103.1 | [25] | g-C3N4@Ni-Mg-Al-LDH | 5.0 | 6 | 99.7 | [26] | Ca-Mg-Al-LDH | 5.0 | 24 | 132.5 | [27] | GO@LDH | 4.5 | 10 | 159.7 | [28] | Magnetic biochar | 3.0 | 12 | 54.4 | [29] | CMAL | 5.0 | 2 | 129.8 | This study | CMAL-SNZVI | 5.0 | 2 | 175.7 |
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Table 3. Comparison of CMAL-SNZVI with other typical adsorbents for U(VI) decontamination