Adsorption of Zn2+ by Sargassum horneri and Desorption at Simulated Marine Environment

Yan Zhou; Yuan Hao Fang; Gan Ning Zeng; Chong Ying Zheng; Ning Ai; Tie Gan Wang; Hai Jun Bao; Hong Yan Zhou

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.209-211.1093

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Adsorption of Zn²⁺ by Sargassum horneri and Desorption at Simulated Marine Environment

Abstract:

The adsorption of Zn2+ from simulated seawater onto biomaterial derived from the macroalgae Sargassum horneri was investigated via batch experiments. The highest adsorption rate was 96.9%, which found in the lower Zn2+ concentration solution where pH was 8.0 and temperature was 15°C, and the maximum adsorption capacity of dead Sargassum horneri particle to Zn²⁺ could arrive to more than 0.20 mg.g^-1. Sargassum horneri pretreated with CaCl₂ can increase the adsorption rate. Infrared analysis results showed that carboxylic acid groups have an important contribution to Zn²⁺ adsorption. The adsorption equilibrium of Zn²⁺ could be represented by pseudo-second-order model and the capacity of dead alga for Zn²⁺ was approximately constant. Conclusions could be drawn that Sargassum horneri is a kind of efficient biosorbent for the treatment of waste waters containing heavy metals. It was because Zn²⁺ can easily be desorbed by competition between the hydrogen ions and metal ions on the cell surface binding sites, that hydrochloric acid was proved to have economic feasibility.