Recovery of lanthanum cations by functionalized magnetic multi-walled carbon nanotube bundles |
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| Authors: | Lijinhong Huang Lihong Liu Wanfu Huang Bingxin Zhao Zhangfeng Shen Yaqing Bao Hussein Znad |
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| Affiliation: | School of Architecture and Design, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou China ; Faculty of Science and Engineering, WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering, Curtin University, WA Australian.; School of Resource and Environmental Engineering, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou China.; College of Biological, Chemical Science and Engineering, Jiaxing University, China |
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| Abstract: | Rare-earth elements (REE), including La, are critical raw materials in many technological advancements. Collection of physically adsorbed REEs on clay minerals can be realized first by ion-exchange leaching, followed by adsorption enrichment. Ever increasing demand and limited resources of REEs have fueled the development of nanostructured adsorbents. In this paper, multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were purified using concentrated H2SO4 and HNO3, then coupled with magnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticles to make low concentration La ion extraction from water possible. The MWCNT@Fe3O4 composites were further crosslinked with 0.1 wt% epichlorohydrin and functionalized with 0.5 wt% carbon disulfide to achieve a La3+ adsorption capacity of 23.23 mg g−1. We fully probed the morphology, crystallinity, chemical composition, and magnetic properties of the as-prepared adsorbent by scanning/transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffractometry, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, vibrating-sample magnetometry, and thermal gravimetry. These results indicated that the MWCNT@Fe3O4 nanohybrid may be a promising candidate for recovering La ions from aqueous solutions.Epichlorohydrin crosslinked magnetic multiwalled-carbon nanotubes were functionalized with CS2 for efficient low concentration La3+ recovery. |
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