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Chitosan functionalized with heptadentate dinucleating ligand applied to removal of nickel, copper and zinc

2021; Elsevier BV; Volume: 256; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.117589

1879-1344

Anderson B. Pires, Luciano Vitali, Amanda Tavares Germano, Carlos A. Germano, Suélen M. Amorim, Regina de Fátima Peralta Muniz Moreira, Rosely A. Peralta, Ademir Neves,

Analytical chemistry methods development

The preconcentration of metal ions present at low concentration levels in aqueous systems and the selective removal of potentially toxic metals are important applications of adsorption processes. In this study, a heptadentate dinucleating ligand was anchored to chitosan for use in adsorption studies on Zn(II), Cu(II) and Ni(II) ions. The novel adsorbent was characterized by 13C NMR and FT-IR spectroscopy, TGA and BET surface area analysis. The degree of substitution of the ligand in chitosan, obtained from CHN analysis, was 0.73. The adsorption kinetics followed a pseudo-second-order model. The rate constants and the adsorption capacities for multicomponent systems decreased in the order Cu(II) >> Ni(II) ∼ Zn(II), indicating the preferential adsorption of Cu(II). For Cu(II) ions, the Langmuir model provided the best fitting to the experimental data, and the monolayer Cu(II) adsorption capacity was 0.404 mmol g−1, while the linear isotherm described Zn(II) and Ni(II) ion adsorption.