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Cr(III) as one of the most concerned potentially toxic elements, is discharged from relevant industries and Cr(VI) reduction. Hydrogel-based adsorption could be one of the promising approaches for Cr(III) removal. Featured with environmental friendliness and low cost, carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) was employed for the hydrogel synthesis, and attapulgite (APT) could be used to strengthen its stability. However, the adsorption performance and mechanisms need to be examined. In the present study, carboxymethyl cellulose- g -poly(acrylic acid- co -acrylamide)/ attapulgite (CMC- g -p(AA- co -AM)/APT) was synthesised via  in situ  copolymerisation. Its efficacy for removing Cr(III) from an aqueous solution was investigated using batch adsorption experiments. Results showed that the introduction of APT enhanced the thermal stability but decreased the swelling performance of the hydrogel. The prepared hydrogel could strongly adsorb Cr(III) at a wide pH range of 3.0–7.0. Cr(III) can be efficiently removed by the composite hydrogel within 1–2 h. At low concentration, CMC- g -p(AA-co-AM)/APT could slightly adsorbed more Cr(III) than CMC- g -p(AA-co-AM). The maximum absorption of CMC- g -p(AA-co-AM) and CMC- g -p(AA-co-AM)/APT were 74.8 and 47.7 mg/g at 298 K, respectively. The negative value of Δ H oand Δ G oindicated the adsorption of Cr(III) onto the two studied hydrogels is an exothermic and spontaneous process. Ion exchange and complexation, as implied by EDS, FT-IR and XPS, combining with electrostatic attraction are the possible adsorption mechanisms for Cr(III) onto the prepared hydrogels. All the results above suggests that the composite hydrogel CMC- g -p(AA- co -AM)/APT can be a promising candidate for the removal of Cr(III) from waste water.

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Insight into adsorption process and mechanisms of Cr(III) using carboxymethyl cellulose- g -poly(acrylic acid- co -acrylamide)/attapulgite composite hydrogel