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Study on removal of Sb(Ⅲ) from water by hydrated iron oxide-porous sodium alginate hydrogel

  • MA Siyi ,
  • SHEN Xueyi ,
  • JI Jianghao ,
  • MU Yizhen ,
  • XU Siqin
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  • 1. College of Resources and Environmental Engineering,Guizhou University,Guiyang 550025,China
    2. Key Laboratory of Karst Georesources and Environment,Ministry of Education,Guizhou University,Guiyang 550025,China
    3. Beijing Key Laboratory of Farmland Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation,College of Resources and Environmental Sciences,China Agricultural University,Beijing 100193,China

Received date: 2024-12-30

  Online published: 2025-04-17

Abstract

Mining and smelting of antimony ores lead to high concentrations of Sb(Ⅲ) into the water environment,causing serious water pollution.In order to effectively remove the excessive Sb(Ⅲ) in water, hydrated iron oxide and porous modified sodium alginate hydrogels were prepared by using the embedded blending technique,and the effects of factors such as the dosage and initial pH on the adsorption of Sb(Ⅲ) as well as the adsorption performance and recycling capacity of the materials were investigated,revealing the mechanism of the removal of Sb(Ⅲ).The results showed that the adsorption of Sb(Ⅲ) by 1:2 hydrated iron oxide-porous sodium alginate hydrogel(0.5HFO-P-SA) was 7.80 mg/g at pH of 4.0 and the dosage of 0.05 g.In the presence of coexisting ions,the removal of Sb(Ⅲ) by 0.5HFO-P-SA was decreased by 1.32%~6.70%,indicating that the coexisting anions had little interference on the adsorption.The removal rate of 0.5HFO-P-SA still reached 58.63% after five times of reuse.After four times of adsorption-desorption,the removal rate stabilised at around 60%,and the desorption amount was 4.06 mg/g.The isothermal(the Langmuir and Freundlich models,R2≥0.99) and kinetic(pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order kinetics,R2≥0.99) analyses showed that the adsorption of Sb(Ⅲ) by 0.5HFO-P-SA was both monolayer and multilayer physicochemical adsorption.The mechanism was found to be mainly redox reaction,complexation and electrostatic interaction by XPS characterisation.In summary,0.5HFO-P-SA could efficiently and stably remove Sb(Ⅲ) from aqueous environments and could be a potentially viable option for antimony-containing wastewater treatment.

Cite this article

MA Siyi , SHEN Xueyi , JI Jianghao , MU Yizhen , XU Siqin . Study on removal of Sb(Ⅲ) from water by hydrated iron oxide-porous sodium alginate hydrogel[J]. Inorganic Chemicals Industry, 2026 , 58(4) : 56 -66 . DOI: 10.19964/j.issn.1006-4990.2024-0700

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