Heavy Metal Divalent Ions (Cu2+, Zn2+, Cd2+) Removal by Zirconium-based Magnetic Sorbent

Uncontrollable discharge of heavy metals has adversely affected human beings and environment. In this research, zirconium-based magnetic sorbent was synthesized by co precipitation method and explored as a potential sorbent for removal of divalent metal ions; Cu2+, Zn2+, and Cd2+ from aqueous solut...

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Main Author: Lee, Agnes Yung Weng.
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Published: 2017
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spelling my-unimas-ir.210132023-06-27T06:56:40Z Heavy Metal Divalent Ions (Cu2+, Zn2+, Cd2+) Removal by Zirconium-based Magnetic Sorbent 2017 Lee, Agnes Yung Weng. T Technology (General) TP Chemical technology Uncontrollable discharge of heavy metals has adversely affected human beings and environment. In this research, zirconium-based magnetic sorbent was synthesized by co precipitation method and explored as a potential sorbent for removal of divalent metal ions; Cu2+, Zn2+, and Cd2+ from aqueous solution. The sorbent could easily be separated from aqueous solution under the influence of an external magnetic field due to their ferromagnetism property. The interaction characteristics between the ions and the sorbent were elucidated by instrumental analyses such as Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, particle size analyzer (PSA), scanning electron microscopic-energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), and Brunauer, Emmett, and Teller (BET) surface area analyzer. Uptake of the heavy metal ions showed a pH-dependent profile with maximum sorption at around pH 5. The sorption rate was increased with an increase in contact time and initial metal ion concentration which mostly found to have followed the postulate of pseudo second-order kinetic model. The validity of kinetic models applied in this study was evaluated by using a normalized standard deviation. unimas 2017 Thesis http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/21013/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/21013/1/Agnes%20Lee.pdf text en validuser masters UNIMAS
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Lee, Agnes Yung Weng.
Heavy Metal Divalent Ions (Cu2+, Zn2+, Cd2+) Removal by Zirconium-based Magnetic Sorbent
description Uncontrollable discharge of heavy metals has adversely affected human beings and environment. In this research, zirconium-based magnetic sorbent was synthesized by co precipitation method and explored as a potential sorbent for removal of divalent metal ions; Cu2+, Zn2+, and Cd2+ from aqueous solution. The sorbent could easily be separated from aqueous solution under the influence of an external magnetic field due to their ferromagnetism property. The interaction characteristics between the ions and the sorbent were elucidated by instrumental analyses such as Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, particle size analyzer (PSA), scanning electron microscopic-energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), and Brunauer, Emmett, and Teller (BET) surface area analyzer. Uptake of the heavy metal ions showed a pH-dependent profile with maximum sorption at around pH 5. The sorption rate was increased with an increase in contact time and initial metal ion concentration which mostly found to have followed the postulate of pseudo second-order kinetic model. The validity of kinetic models applied in this study was evaluated by using a normalized standard deviation.
format Thesis
qualification_level Master's degree
author Lee, Agnes Yung Weng.
author_facet Lee, Agnes Yung Weng.
author_sort Lee, Agnes Yung Weng.
title Heavy Metal Divalent Ions (Cu2+, Zn2+, Cd2+) Removal by Zirconium-based Magnetic Sorbent
title_short Heavy Metal Divalent Ions (Cu2+, Zn2+, Cd2+) Removal by Zirconium-based Magnetic Sorbent
title_full Heavy Metal Divalent Ions (Cu2+, Zn2+, Cd2+) Removal by Zirconium-based Magnetic Sorbent
title_fullStr Heavy Metal Divalent Ions (Cu2+, Zn2+, Cd2+) Removal by Zirconium-based Magnetic Sorbent
title_full_unstemmed Heavy Metal Divalent Ions (Cu2+, Zn2+, Cd2+) Removal by Zirconium-based Magnetic Sorbent
title_sort heavy metal divalent ions (cu2+, zn2+, cd2+) removal by zirconium-based magnetic sorbent
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publishDate 2017
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/21013/1/Agnes%20Lee.pdf
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