Influential parameters to produce iron-coated ZSM-5 zeolite including iron loading concentration, calcination temperature and time, synthesis temperature and mixing intensity were investigated. Results showed that the optimized iron-coated ZSM-5 nano-adsorbent is produced if 40 wt.% iron loading concentration at 30 °C synthesis temperature under 60 rpm mixing intensity and 400 °C calcination temperature for 3 h are applied. Also, optimization of some parameters such as pH, adsorbent dose, contact time and temperature for removal of arsenite from aqueous solution with 400 μg/L initial concentration was considered. Evidently, the highest adsorption of arsenite occurred under pH 7, adsorbent dose 2.5 g/L, contact time 30 min and temperature 40 °C. Kinetic and isotherm models studied showed that arsenite adsorption by iron-coated ZSM-5 follows a pseudo-third-order equation and well fitted with the Langmuir isotherm model. Evaluation showed that the optimized iron-coated ZSM-5 zeolite is able to remove up to 98.37% of arsenite under the best conditions in a batch reactor. For the column system, arsenite concentration range of 0.04–97.53 μg/L in output at 1–35 min interval was confirmed and the breakthrough curve showed that iron-coated ZSM-5 nano-adsorbent was saturated after 215 min whereas Fe, pH and EC measured in output solution were 0.90 mg/L, 6.65 and 148.40 μs/cm, respectively.
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June 21 2016
Evaluation of iron-coated ZSM-5 zeolite for removal of As(III) from aqueous solutions in batch and column systems
Saeid Ezati;
Saeid Ezati
1Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Kurdistan, P.O. Box 416, Sanandaj, Iran
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Bubak Souri;
1Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Kurdistan, P.O. Box 416, Sanandaj, Iran
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Afshin Maleki
Afshin Maleki
2Environmental Health Research Center, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
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Water Supply (2017) 17 (1): 10–23.
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Received:
January 29 2016
Accepted:
June 06 2016
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Saeid Ezati, Bubak Souri, Afshin Maleki; Evaluation of iron-coated ZSM-5 zeolite for removal of As(III) from aqueous solutions in batch and column systems. Water Supply 1 February 2017; 17 (1): 10–23. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2016.104
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