TY - JOUR
T1 - Ammonium ion removal using activated zeolite and chitosan
AU - Safie, Nurliyana Nasuha
AU - Zahrim Yaser, Abu
AU - Hilal, Nidal
N1 - Funding Information:
Authors wishing to acknowledge Universiti Malaysia Sabah for funding this work (SDK 0044-2018).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Curtin University and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
PY - 2020/5/1
Y1 - 2020/5/1
N2 - Studies have previously been done on efficacies of chitosan and zeolite in ammonium ion (NH4 +) removal. However, no study compares the adsorption performance of natural zeolite (NZ) and activated NZ (ANZ) with high molecular weight chitosan (HMWC) and low molecular weight chitosan (LMWC). Hence, this study investigates the potentials of NZ, ANZ, LMWC, and HMWC in NH4 + removal. The characteristics of NZ, ANZ, LMWC, and HMWC such as functional groups, surface morphology, elemental composition, zeta potential, and particle size was also investigated. The deposition of NH4 + on the surface of NZ and ANZ was confirmed with the absence of nitrogen by the adsorption spectrum of energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) and supported by the presence of an Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) stretching band at ~3,500–3,300 cm−1, as well as broader and less intense bands ~1,600 cm−1 after the adsorption for all the adsorbents. The particle size of LMWC, HMWC, NZ, and ANZ were 98, 813, 22,354, and 9,826 nm, respectively. Meanwhile, after the activation process, the composition of O, Si, Al, Fe, Ca, and Na was reduced. NH4 + batch adsorption was also studied. HMWC, NZ, and ANZ reached adsorption equilibrium at 15 h, meanwhile for LMWC, the equilibrium reached at t = 20 h. The adsorption capacity of LMWC, HMWC, NZ, and ANZ at an initial concentration of 50 mg/L was 0.769, 0.331, 2.162, and 2.937 mg/g, respectively.
AB - Studies have previously been done on efficacies of chitosan and zeolite in ammonium ion (NH4 +) removal. However, no study compares the adsorption performance of natural zeolite (NZ) and activated NZ (ANZ) with high molecular weight chitosan (HMWC) and low molecular weight chitosan (LMWC). Hence, this study investigates the potentials of NZ, ANZ, LMWC, and HMWC in NH4 + removal. The characteristics of NZ, ANZ, LMWC, and HMWC such as functional groups, surface morphology, elemental composition, zeta potential, and particle size was also investigated. The deposition of NH4 + on the surface of NZ and ANZ was confirmed with the absence of nitrogen by the adsorption spectrum of energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) and supported by the presence of an Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) stretching band at ~3,500–3,300 cm−1, as well as broader and less intense bands ~1,600 cm−1 after the adsorption for all the adsorbents. The particle size of LMWC, HMWC, NZ, and ANZ were 98, 813, 22,354, and 9,826 nm, respectively. Meanwhile, after the activation process, the composition of O, Si, Al, Fe, Ca, and Na was reduced. NH4 + batch adsorption was also studied. HMWC, NZ, and ANZ reached adsorption equilibrium at 15 h, meanwhile for LMWC, the equilibrium reached at t = 20 h. The adsorption capacity of LMWC, HMWC, NZ, and ANZ at an initial concentration of 50 mg/L was 0.769, 0.331, 2.162, and 2.937 mg/g, respectively.
KW - adsorption
KW - ammonia
KW - chitosan
KW - natural
KW - nitrogen
KW - zeolite
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U2 - 10.1002/apj.2448
DO - 10.1002/apj.2448
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85081723543
SN - 1932-2135
VL - 15
JO - Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering
JF - Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering
IS - 3
M1 - e2448
ER -