Shape stable poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels with immobilized metal hexacyanoferrates for cesium removal from waters
Journal
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
Journal Volume
29
Journal Issue
9
Pages
12427-12433
Date Issued
2022
Author(s)
Abstract
The metal hexacyanoferrates with transition metal ions to replace ferric ions in the face center cubic structure of Prussian blue (PB) crystals are candidate adsorbents for radioactive cesium ions in waters. This study for the first time synthesized the shape stable poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) hydrogels with immobilized metal hexacynoferrate (PB analogue) that can be stored at dry and can efficiently adsorb cesium ions from waters after rewetting. A total of eight PB analogue particles in two families M3[Fe(III)(CN)6]2 (MFe(III)) or M4[Fe(II)(CN)6]2 (MFe(II)) with M=Zn, Ni, Cu, or Co were synthesized and were immobilized in the PVA hydrogels following boric acid and sulfate crosslinking. The produced PVA-PB analogue hydrogels are all stable in shape after dry and rewet, and the rewet hydrogels can adsorb cesium ions from waters at much higher rates. As predicted by the diffusion-reaction model, the apparent reaction constants for cesium ion adsorption are 4.2×10?4 1/s, 3.4×10?4 1/s, 3.9×10?4 1/s, 4.1×10?4 1/s, 4.1×10?4 1/s, 3.8×10?4 1/s, 1.1×10?3 1/s, and 9.6×10?4 1/s, for ZnFe(III), ZnFe(II), NiFe(III), NiFe(II), CuFe(III), CuFe(II), CoFe(III), and CoFe(II), respectively. The corresponding maximum adsorption capacities based on Langmuir isotherm model at 25 °C are 232.6 mg/g, 389.0 mg/g, 193.9 mg/g, 256.8 mg/g, 388.2 mg/g, 395.1 mg/g, 297.3 mg/g, and 391.2 mg/g, respectively. The use of PVA-CoFe(III) is the candidate for enhanced Cs removal from waters comparing the use of other PB analogues as adsorbent. ? 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
Subjects
Adsorption
Cesium
Isotherm
Metal hexacynoferrate
PVA
adsorption
cesium
isotherm
pollutant removal
sulfate
transition element
ferric ion
ferrocyanide
polyvinyl alcohol
human
hydrogel
water pollutant
Ferric Compounds
Ferrocyanides
Humans
Hydrogels
Polyvinyl Alcohol
Water Pollutants, Chemical
Type
journal article