Synthesis and characterization of adsorbents for the elimination of nitrates and bromates from water aiming to develop a continuous oxyanion water elimination system

It is known that the excess of oxyanions such as NO⁻₃ and BrO⁻₃ in drinking water affects its quality. In this work, three adsorbents (montmorillonite (Mt), silica (Si), and diatomaceous earth) loaded with hexadecyl- (H) and octadecyl-trimethylammonium (O) were used to remove these oxyanions from aq...

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Autores: Azaro, Macarena Soledad, Flores, Federico Manuel, Casella, Mónica Laura, Peroni, María Belén, Rodríguez, C., Torres Sánchez, Rosa María, Jaworski, María Angélica
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Argentina
Institución:Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Repositorio:SEDICI (UNLP)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/125969
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/125969
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Química
Adsorption
Bromate
Column filtration
Nitrate
Organo-montmorillonite
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Sumario:It is known that the excess of oxyanions such as NO⁻₃ and BrO⁻₃ in drinking water affects its quality. In this work, three adsorbents (montmorillonite (Mt), silica (Si), and diatomaceous earth) loaded with hexadecyl- (H) and octadecyl-trimethylammonium (O) were used to remove these oxyanions from aqueous solutions by adsorption. In batch systems, the highest NO⁻₃ removal was obtained with Mt modified with H and O (Mt-H and Mt-O), attaining 33% and 50%, respectively, while for BrO⁻₃ removal Si modified with H and O, Si-H and Si-O samples, reached 38% and 42%, respectively. A direct relationship between the adsorption capacity of NO⁻₃ and BrO⁻₃ and the mass of the adsorbent was found in column filtration tests with Mt-O and Mt-H samples in standard solution and real groundwater samples. The adsorption capacity of the column, in the groundwater sample, remained constant after two reuses.The results obtained are promising for the development of a continuous oxyanion removal system containing the low-cost clay Mt modified with either H or O.