Removal of toxic metal-ion pollutants from water by using chemically modified carbon powders

Xiao, Lei, Wildgoose, Gregory, Crossley, Alison, Knight, Robert, Jones, John H. and Compton, Richard G. (2006) Removal of toxic metal-ion pollutants from water by using chemically modified carbon powders. Chemistry - An Asian Journal, 1 (4). pp. 614-622. ISSN 1861-4728

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Abstract

The thermodn. of and the kinetic parameters controlling the sequestration of the toxic heavy metal CdII from aq. media using a material consisting of glassy C microspheres (10-20 µm diam.) chem. modified with L-cysteine Me ester are presented. In an effort to reduce the cost and increase the efficiency of toxic metal removal, this modification strategy was expanded to attach L-cysteine Me chem. ester to less expensive graphite powders (2-20 µm in diam.), and the thermodn. and kinetic parameters of the sequestration of CdII, CuII, and AsIII toxic metals are presented. It was found that the use of chem. modified graphite powder greatly increased both the rate and the amt. of metals removed from aq. media. This work has important potential applications to filtration of drinking water and environmental remediation. [on SciFinder(R)]

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	adsorption,arsenic,cadmium,copper,modified carbon,water detoxification
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Chemistry
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Physical and Analytical Chemistry (former - to 2017) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Synthetic Chemistry (former - to 2017)
Depositing User:	Rachel Smith
Date Deposited:	21 Jun 2011 15:13
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2022 02:07
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/33015
DOI:	10.1002/asia.200600136

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