Adsorption of Pb, Cd, Cu, Zn, and Ni to titanium dioxide nanoparticles: effect of particle size, solid concentration, and exhaustion

被引:259
作者
Engates, Karen E. [1 ]
Shipley, Heather J. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Texas San Antonio, Dept Civil & Environm Engn, San Antonio, TX 78249 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
Adsorption; Titanium dioxide nanoparticles; Particle size; HEAVY-METALS; REMOVAL; PHASE;
D O I
10.1007/s11356-010-0382-3
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Adsorption of metals (Pb, Cd, Cu, Ni, Zn) to TiO2 nanoparticles and bulk particles was examined for use as a contaminant removal substrate as a function of particle size, sorbent concentration, and exhaustion. Adsorption experiments were conducted with 0.01, 0.1, and 0.5 g/L nanoparticles in a pH 8 solution and in spiked San Antonio tap water. When results were normalized by mass, nanoparticles adsorbed more than the bulk particles but when results were surface-area normalized, the opposite was observed. The adsorption data shows the ability of the TiO2 nanoparticles to remove Pb, Cd, and Ni from solution with similar adsorption at 0.1 and 0.5 g/L. Adsorption kinetics for all metals tested was described by a modified first order rate equation with the nanoparticles having a faster rate of adsorption than the bulk particles. The nanoparticles were able to simultaneously removal multiple metals (Zn, Cd, Pb, Ni, Cu) from both pH 8 solution and spiked San Antonio tap water. Exhaustion experiments showed that both the nanoparticles and bulk particles were exhausted at pH 6 but at pH 8, exhaustion did not occur for the nanoparticles. Comparison of K (d), distribution coefficient, with other literature showed that the nanoparticles were better sorbents than other metal oxide nanoparticles and a commercial activated carbon.
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页数:10
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