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Toxic Metal Adsorption from Aqueous Solution by Activated Biochars Produced from Macadamia Nutshell Waste

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  • Minh Trung Dao

    (Thu Dau Mot University, Thu Dau Mot City, Binh Duong Province, Vietnam)

  • T. T. Tram Nguyen

    (Thu Dau Mot University, Thu Dau Mot City, Binh Duong Province, Vietnam)

  • X. Du Nguyen

    (Saigon University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)

  • D. Duong La

    (Laboratory of Advanced Materials Chemistry, Advanced Institute of Materials Science, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
    Faculty of Applied Sciences, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)

  • D. Duc Nguyen

    (Institute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, Da Nang 550000, Vietnam
    Department of Environmental Energy Engineering, Kyonggi University, Suwon 16227, Korea)

  • S. W. Chang

    (Department of Environmental Energy Engineering, Kyonggi University, Suwon 16227, Korea)

  • W. J. Chung

    (Department of Environmental Energy Engineering, Kyonggi University, Suwon 16227, Korea)

  • Van Khanh Nguyen

    (Department of Microbiology, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea)

Abstract

Abundantly available biomass wastes from agriculture can serve as effective environmental remediation materials. In this study, activated biochar was fabricated from macadamia nutshell (MCN) through carbonization and chemical modification. The resultant biochars were used as adsorbents to remove toxic metal ions such as Cu 2+ and Zn 2+ from aqueous solutions. The results showed that the activated MCN biochar has a high adsorption capacity for toxic metal ions. When MCN biochar was activated with K 2 CO 3 , the adsorption efficiencies for Cu 2+ and Zn 2+ were 84.02% and 53.42%, respectively. With H 3 PO 4 activation, the Cu 2+ - and Zn 2+ -adsorption performances were 95.92% and 67.41%, respectively. H 2 O 2 -modified MCN biochar had reasonable Cu 2+ - and Zn 2+ -adsorption efficiencies of 79.33% and 64.52%, respectively. The effects of pH, adsorbent concentration and adsorption time on the removal performances of Cu 2+ and Zn 2+ in aqueous solution were evaluated. The results exhibited that the activated MCN biochar showed quick adsorption ability with an optimal pH of 4 and 4.5 for both Cu 2+ and Zn 2+ , respectively.

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  • Minh Trung Dao & T. T. Tram Nguyen & X. Du Nguyen & D. Duong La & D. Duc Nguyen & S. W. Chang & W. J. Chung & Van Khanh Nguyen, 2020. "Toxic Metal Adsorption from Aqueous Solution by Activated Biochars Produced from Macadamia Nutshell Waste," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(19), pages 1-11, September.
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