Anionic competition on arsenate removal by modified granular ferric hydroxide adsorbent

Authors

  • Hoang Giang Pham
  • Tran Thanh Son Nguyen
  • Thi Thuy Pham*
  • Manh Khai Nguyen
  • Bart Vander Bruggen
  • Thi Thanh Mai Nguyen

Keywords:

arsenate, competing anions, iron hydroxide-based adsorbent

Abstract

The presence of inorganic forms of arsenic in water causing a serious threat to human health. Exposure of arsenic can cause serious diseases such as skin discoloration, cancer of skin, kidney and lung, blood vessel diseases, high blood pressure, and reproductive disorders. Removal of arsenic to provide safe drinking water was conducted to investigate the effects of individual and combined anions (sulphate, nitrate, phosphate, and chloride ions) on the arsenate adsorption capacity of modified granular ferric hydroxide adsorbent in batch experiments. The observed adsorption data fit the Langmuir model well. The presence of sulphate (400 mg/l), nitrate (15 mg/l), and chloride (250 mg/l) ions did not significantly affect the arsenate adsorption and the maximum adsorption capacity of arsenic was reduced by less than 5%. In contrary, phosphate ions showed strong competition for the adsorption process as the maximum adsorption capacity of the material was reduced by 59.8 and 73% at concentrations of 0.2 and 0.5 mg/l, respectively. The results also showed that phosphate anions were slightly preferable than arsenate in their competitive adsorption by the adsorbent.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31276/VJSTE.65(1).38-42

Classification number

2.2, 5.3

Author Biographies

Hoang Giang Pham

Faculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Science, Vietnam National University - Hanoi, 334 Nguyen Trai Street, Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi, Vietnam

Tran Thanh Son Nguyen

Faculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Science, Vietnam National University - Hanoi, 334 Nguyen Trai Street, Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi, Vietnam

Thi Thuy Pham

Faculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Science, Vietnam National University - Hanoi, 334 Nguyen Trai Street, Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi, Vietnam

Manh Khai Nguyen

Faculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Science, Vietnam National University - Hanoi, 334 Nguyen Trai Street, Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi, Vietnam

Bart Vander Bruggen

Department of Chemical Engineeing, Katholieke University of Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, box 2424, B-3001 Heverlee (Leuven), Belgium

Thi Thanh Mai Nguyen

Long Bien Secondary School, 16/163/3 Tu Dinh Ward, Long Bien District, Hanoi, Vietnam

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Published

2023-03-15

Received 27 April 2022; accepted 1 July 2022

How to Cite

Hoang Giang Pham, Tran Thanh Son Nguyen, Thi Thuy Pham, Manh Khai Nguyen, Bart Vander Bruggen, & Thi Thanh Mai Nguyen. (2023). Anionic competition on arsenate removal by modified granular ferric hydroxide adsorbent. Vietnam Journal of Science, Technology and Engineering, 65(1), 38-42. https://doi.org/10.31276/VJSTE.65(1).38-42

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Section

Physical Sciences