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Binding of some heavy metal ions in aqueous solution with cationized or sulphonylated starch or waste starch
Author(s) -
Lappalainen Katja,
Kärkkäinen Johanna,
Rusanen Annu,
Wik TiiaRiikka,
Niemelä Matti,
Madariaga Asier Goitia,
Komulainen Sanna,
Keiski Riitta L.,
Lajunen Marja
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
starch ‐ stärke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1521-379X
pISSN - 0038-9056
DOI - 10.1002/star.201500229
Subject(s) - starch , aqueous solution , metal ions in aqueous solution , chemistry , distilled water , metal , depolymerization , nuclear chemistry , inorganic chemistry , chromatography , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry
Contamination of water by heavy metal ions is a severe environmental problem. In this study, starch‐ or waste‐starch‐based binding agents were used to bind heavy metal ions in aqueous solutions in order to prevent the precipitation of metals in alkaline conditions (pH 10). This is a useful feature, e.g . when ultrafiltration is used as a purification technique for a low metal concentration containing wastewaters. The studied binding agents were water‐soluble cationized depolymerized barley starch (CDS) prepared by depolymerization and subsequent cationization, sulphonylated starch (SS) and cationized depolymerized potato peel waste (CW), all of which have not been used previously as binding agents. The studied modified starches were investigated in the binding of Fe(III), Cu(II), Zn(II), or Ni(II) ions in aqueous solutions by utilizing inductively coupled plasma‐optical emission spectrometry (ICP‐OES) as an analytical method. Cationized depolymerized starch bound 80–100% of Fe(III), Zn(II), and Cu(II) ions and SS bound 85–95% of Fe(III), Zn(II), and Ni(II) ions when 0.5 mM metal ions solutions and molar ratio of starch:metal 0.66:1 were used. Cationized depolymerized waste starch bound Cu(II) ions 78–94% (0.25–2.5 mM metal ion solutions prepared with distilled or lake water) in aqueous solution with molar ratio of starch:metal varying from 1:1 to 3:1.