Citation
Sulaiman, Syazana
(2021)
Magnetite nanoparticles from waste mill scale as a nanoadsorbent for copper metal removal in aqueous solutions.
Masters thesis, Universiti Putra Malaysia.
Abstract
Heavy metal pollution has become one of the main concerns in the environment
owing to continuous growth in the global population, industrial activities, and
development. The ability and the potential of magnetite nanoparticles (MNP)
from waste mill scales as low-cost metal adsorbents were examined for the
adsorptive removal of copper (Cu) ions from an aqueous solution. The
adsorption technique and inexpensive adsorbent were used as a fascinating
alternative for the removal of Copper from wastewater. The purpose of this work
was to develop an adsorbent by using waste mill scale product for the adsorption
of copper ions, owing to its abundance of waste product worldwide, and could
serve as an alternative for a low-cost absorbent. The waste mill scales were
synthesized via high energy ball milling (HEBM) to obtain magnetite
nanoparticles (MNP). The resultant MNP were analysed utilising X-ray
Diffraction (XRD), Vibrating Sample Magnetometer (VSM), Transmission
Electron Microscopy (TEM), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET), Fourier Transform
Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Zeta Potential and Field Emission Scanning
Electron Microscopy with Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (FESEM-EDX). The sorption characteristics were studied together with kinetic and
isotherm equilibrium studies. Also, the adsorption studies were performed to
investigate the influence of significant parameters including contact time, starting
concentrations, pH, temperature, and adsorbent dosage. It was noticed that the
MNP adsorption kinetics study was best fitted by the Pseudo-second-order
kinetic model with superior correlation coefficients (R2
) of 0.999. Batch studies
indicated that about 63.6% of copper ions were removed in the first 30 mins of
the adsorption test at optimum pH 5.4 at a temperature of 26 °C. The isotherm
experimental data were examined using Langmuir, Freundlich and Temkin
model. The adsorption behaviour of copper ions was fitted with Temkin isotherm
model and the highest adsorption capacities, qmax was 4.408 mg/g. The highest adsorption capacity, qe of 4.408 mg/g with removal efficacy (%RE) of 63.6% was
attained at the best treatment condition of pH 5.4, adsorbent dosage of 0.05 g
and 240 minutes of contact time. The MNP reusability and regeneration
efficiency of 70.23% was achieved after three cycles, thereby indicating its
suitability as a promising low-cost adsorbent for copper for industrial application
and good remediation performance. This study suggests the use of MNP
obtained from the waste mill scales are affordable adsorbent for the adsorptive
removal of other heavy metals from water.
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Item Type: |
Thesis
(Masters)
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Subject: |
Heavy metals - Environmental aspects |
Subject: |
Magnetite |
Subject: |
Aqueous polymeric coatings |
Call Number: |
ITMA 2022 13 |
Chairman Supervisor: |
Associate Professor Raba’ah Syahidah Azis, PhD |
Divisions: |
Faculty of Science |
Depositing User: |
Emelda Mohd Hamid
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Date Deposited: |
05 May 2023 07:19 |
Last Modified: |
05 May 2023 07:19 |
URI: |
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/103804 |
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