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Biomass Novel Adsorbents for Phenol and Mercury Removal
| Resumo: | This paper reports the use of activated carbons made from novel agriculture and industrial wastes, namely sunflower, vine shoots, and coffee endocarp, to remove two high-priority contaminants: phenol and mercury species (under different forms) from aqueous solutions. The activated carbons were used as prepared and also modified with nitric acid and triethylenediamine in order to explore additional adsorption mechanisms. The results showed an interesting potential of the materials to be used for water decontamination as indicated by the mercury uptake up to 1104 mg/g for Hg2+, 771 mg/g for [HgCl4]2−, 966 mg/g for HgCl2 and the maximum phenol adsorption capacity of 190 mg/g. The modification with triethylenediamine led to a significant increase in the phenol and mercury adsorption reaching an increment of 85% for phenol and 250% for Hg2+. |
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| Autores principais: | Nabais, Joao Manuel Valente |
| Outros Autores: | Laguinhas, Carlos Eduardo; Román, Silvia |
| Assunto: | activated carbons adsorption biomass mercury phenol water treatment Analytical Chemistry Chemistry (miscellaneous) Molecular Medicine Pharmaceutical Science Drug Discovery Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Organic Chemistry |
| Ano: | 2022 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório Institucional da UNL |
| Resumo: | This paper reports the use of activated carbons made from novel agriculture and industrial wastes, namely sunflower, vine shoots, and coffee endocarp, to remove two high-priority contaminants: phenol and mercury species (under different forms) from aqueous solutions. The activated carbons were used as prepared and also modified with nitric acid and triethylenediamine in order to explore additional adsorption mechanisms. The results showed an interesting potential of the materials to be used for water decontamination as indicated by the mercury uptake up to 1104 mg/g for Hg2+, 771 mg/g for [HgCl4]2−, 966 mg/g for HgCl2 and the maximum phenol adsorption capacity of 190 mg/g. The modification with triethylenediamine led to a significant increase in the phenol and mercury adsorption reaching an increment of 85% for phenol and 250% for Hg2+. |
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