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Reuse of a waste adsorbent poly(AAc/AM/SH)‐Cu superabsorbent hydrogel, for the potential phosphate ion removal from waste water: Matrix effects, adsorption kinetics, and thermodynamic studies
Author(s) -
Singh Tripti,
Singhal Reena
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.39018
Subject(s) - adsorption , chemistry , phosphate , freundlich equation , langmuir adsorption model , inorganic chemistry , self healing hydrogels , exothermic process , ionic strength , langmuir , aqueous solution , nuclear chemistry , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , engineering
Abstract The most commonly applied methods for the treatment of used adsorbents is to recover them in acid/alkaline medium or direct enflame them. This work dealt with a new potential and economic method to utilize a waste adsorbent. Poly(AAc/AM/SH) superabsorbent hydrogels have proved to be a good adsorbent for Cu 2+ ions and after adsorption the hydrogels were recovered in acid medium. In this report, the Cu 2+ ion adsorbed hydrogel has not undergone any regeneration process and applied directly to phosphate ion adsorption. The Cu 2+ ions‐loaded poly(AAc/AM/SH) hydrogels, were stable within a wide pH range and suitable for phosphate ion adsorption. The factors affecting the phosphate adsorption, such as pH, ionic strength, contact time, temperature, initial concentration of the phosphate ion, and coexisting ions were systematically investigated. The phosphate adsorption was highly pH dependent; and the maximum adsorption of 87.62 mg/g was achieved at pH 6.1. The adsorption data fitted the Langmuir adsorption isotherm better than the Freundlich isotherm. The concomitant anions show profounder adverse influence on phosphate ion adsorption of poly(AAc/AM/SH)‐Cu hydrogel and the effect follows the order citrate > sulfate > bicarbonate > chloride > nitrate. The thermodynamic parameters including Δ H °, Δ G °, and Δ S ° for the adsorption processes of phosphate ions on the gel were also evaluated, and the negative Δ G ° and Δ H ° confirmed that the adsorption process was spontaneous and exothermic. The adsorption kinetic results suggest that the adsorption process was well described by the pseudo second‐order kinetic model. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 2013