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Comparison of Monovalent and Divalent Ions Removal from Aqueous Solutions Using Agricultural Waste Biochars Prepared at Different Temperatures—Experimental and Model Study

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Copper (Cu) and silver (Ag) occur naturally in the environment but have toxic effects on organisms at elevated concentrations. This paper discussed the removal of Cu and Ag from aqueous… Click to show full abstract

Copper (Cu) and silver (Ag) occur naturally in the environment but have toxic effects on organisms at elevated concentrations. This paper discussed the removal of Cu and Ag from aqueous solutions using biochars obtained at different pyrolysis temperatures. Three biomass sources—sunflower husks (SH), a mixture of sunflower husks and rapeseed pomace (SR) and wood waste (WW)—were pyrolyzed at 300, 400 and 500 °C. Biochars produced at 500 °C exhibited a higher specific surface area, lower variable surface charge and lower contents of surface functional groups than those obtained at 400 or 300 °C. The pseudo-second-order model and intra-particle diffusion (IPD) model well-described the Cu and Ag adsorption kinetics. The Cu adsorption was about 1.48 times slower than the Ag adsorption on the biochars obtained at 500 °C. The model of Langmuir-Freundlich well-described the equilibrium adsorption. Agricultural biochars obtained at >500 °C had a surface with a higher affinity to attract Ag than Cu and were able to remove a larger amount of heavy metals from aqueous media than those prepared at lower pyrolysis temperatures.

Keywords: adsorption; waste; aqueous solutions; solutions using; removal aqueous; model

Journal Title: International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Year Published: 2020

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