Kinetics of Cu(II) removal from aqueous solution with the use of Fe3O4/C nanocomposite

this work studied the sorption kinetics of the Fe3O4/C nanocomposite obtained by heating polyacrylonitrile (PAN) and FeCl2∙4H2O in air, the preparation procedure of which was described in the previous works [9, 10]. The main task was to calculate the sorption characteristics and check the practical application of this nanocomposite, that is the possibility of purification from heavy metals from water sources, verified on the example of modeling the sorption of copper ions from an aqueous solution of copper(II) acetate hexahydrate, hence the equations of diffusion (Morris-Weber model) and chemical kinetics (Lagergren's pseudo-first order, Ho and McKay's pseudo-second order), as well as the Elovich chemosorption model were applied. Analysis of the data illustrated that the diffusion of copper ions inside the pores of the nanocomposite and chemical interactions between copper ions and functional groups of the sorbent surface, such as hydroxyl, carboxyl, carbonyl, etc., which are typical of carbon sorbents, contribute to the total sorption rate. Experimentally, the capacity of this nanocomposite for copper sorption was 208.4 mg/g, however, modeling showed that this value could theoretically be higher by 37%.
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