Sulphur Ligand Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes for Removal of mercury from waste water–experimental and density functional theoretical study

A. K. Singha Deb, N. Dhume, K. Dasgupta, S. M. Ali*, K. T. Shenoy, S. Mohan

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Abstract

Owing to the strong interaction of mercury with sulphur, thiol(SH) and dithiocarbamate (DTC) ligands were grafted on multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and were characterized by elemental analysis, SEM-EDS, FTIR, and XRD analysis. The maximum adsorption capacity of MWCNT-DTC was found to be 3.5 times higher than that of MWCNT-SH at the optimum pH of 6. The kinetics and equilibrium data revealed that the adsorption of Hg 2+ follow pseudo-first-order and Langmuir isotherm model, respectively. Density functional theoretical calculation performed for the interaction of Hg 2+ ion with SWCNT-DTC and SWCNT-SH corroborated the experimental output that former have greater adsorption than the later.Test- L2.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1573-1587
Number of pages15
JournalSeparation Science and Technology (Philadelphia)
Volume54
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 03-07-2019
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering
  • Process Chemistry and Technology
  • Filtration and Separation

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