Sustainable Low-Concentration Arsenite [As(III)] Removal in Single and Multicomponent Systems Using Hybrid Iron Oxide-Biochar Nanocomposite Adsorbents-A Mechanistic Study.

ABSTRACT: Rice and wheat husks were converted to biochars by slow pyrolysis (1 h) at 600 °C. Iron oxide rice husk hybrid biochar (RHIOB) and wheat husk hybrid biochar (WHIOB) were synthesized by copyrolysis of FeCl3-impregnated rice or wheat husks at 600 °C. These hybrid sorbents were characterized using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), SEM-energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, physical parameter measurement system, and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area techniques. Fe3O4 was the predominant iron oxide present with some Fe2O3. RHIOB and WHIOB rapidly chemisorbed As(III) from water (∼24% removal in first half an hour reaching up to ∼100% removal in 24 h) at surface

SUBMITTER: Singh P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7033674 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature