Effective Removal of Pb(II) from Aqueous Media bya New Design of Cu–Mg Binary Ferrite
2020
Metal
oxides and their composites have been extensively studied
as effective adsorbents for the removal of heavy metals from aqueous
solutions in environmental remediation. In this work, Cu0.5Mg0.5Fe2O4 was synthesized by a
co-precipitation method followed by calcination (900 °C) and
investigated for Pb(II) adsorption. The resultant samples were characterized
by various analytical techniques including X-ray diffraction, N2 adsorption–desorption, scanning electron microscopy,
thermogravimetric analysis, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.
The results revealed that single-phase cubic spinel was obtained by
the calcination of as-synthesized samples at a temperature of 900
°C. Cu0.5Mg0.5Fe2O4 ferrite is a mesoporous material with a surface area, a total pore
volume, and an average pore size of 41.3 m2/g, 0.2 cm3/g, and 15.1 nm, respectively. Pb(II) adsorption on Cu0.5Mg0.5Fe2O4 fitted well
to the Langmuir model, indicating monolayer adsorption with a maximum
capacity of 57.7 mg/g. The pseudo-second-order kinetic model can exactly
describe Pb(II) adsorption with the normalized standard deviation
(Δq) of 1.24%. The obtained results confirmed
that the Cu0.5Mg0.5Fe2O4 ternary oxides exhibit a high adsorption capacity toward Pb(II),
thanks to the increase in active adsorptive sites of ferrite.
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