（co-condensation）Adsorption of heavy metals on amine-functionalizedSBA-15 prepared by co-condensation Applications to real water samples.pdfVIP

Desalination 285 (2012) 62–67 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Desalination journal homepa ge: www.e lsevie /locate/desal Adsorption of heavy metals on amine-functionalized SBA-15 prepared by co-condensation: Applications to real water samples Enshirah Dana, Abdelhamid Sayari ⁎ Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Department of Chemistry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: SBA-15 functionalized with 3-aminopropyltrimethoxy-silane was studied as potential absorbent for Cd2+, Received 7 June 2011 Co2+, Cu2+, Zn2+, Pb2+, Ni2+, Al3+ and Cr3+. The adsorption capacity and selectivity of the materials were Received in revised form 18 August 2011 investigated in single and multi-metal solutions. Using single-metal solutions, the adsorbent was found to Accepted 20 September 2011 have an affinity (molar basis) for metal ions in decreasing order of Al3+ N Cu2+ N Ni2+ N Zn2+ N Co2+ N Cd2+ N Available online 27 October 2011 Pb2+ N Cr3+. Using very dilute solutions, i.e., 10 ppm, more than 95% of cations were removed, except Co2+ and Cr3+, indicating the high sensitivity of the current adsorbent. The affinity for coexisting metal cations Keywords: 3+ 2+ 3+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ Heavy metals removal d