Removal of hexavalent chromium by electrospun PAN/GO decorated ZnO.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
A novel composite nanofibers material have fabricated by using electrospinning technique followed by chemical cross-linking with zinc oxide (ZnO). The surface sensitization and morphology changes of the fabricated composite nanofibers were studied by using X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) analysis, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscope (TEM). The effect of operating parameters includes the amount of ZnO, initial solution PH, and hexavalent chromium concentration on adsorption were investigated. The maximum adsorption capacity was found to be 690 mg/g at pH 6, which is much higher than most of the reported adsorbents. The adsorption equilibrium reached within 25 and 180 min as the initial solution concentration increased from 10 to 300 mg/L, and the data fitted well using nonlinear pseudo first order model with determination coefficient (R<sup>2</sup>) in between 0.97 and 0.99. Adsorption isotherms correlate the data on equilibrium adsorption with different mathematical models to describe the behaviour of an adsorption process and provide valuable information for optimizing the design of an adsorption system.
Medical subject headings
- Acrylic Resins
- Chromium
- Electricity
- Graphite
- Zinc Oxide