Utilizing Green Chemistry in The Synthesis of Modified Chitosan Biosorbents: Application in La(III) Ion Recovery from The Monazite Leach Liquor

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Nuclear Materials Authority, P.O. Box 530, El Maadi, Cairo, Egypt

2 Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

Abstract

The current study's goal is to use a green synthesis approach in developing some biosorbents for lanthanum (La(III)) recovery from its aquatic media. Chitin (SW-Chitin) was extracted from industrial waste (shrimp waste, SW) by demineralization followed by deproteination reactions. The obtained chitin (SW-Chitin) product was converted to chitosan (SWC) by a deacetylation reaction. The purified chitosan product (PSWC) was modified with epichlorohydrin (ep) in two reaction steps to produce a chitosan-epichlorohydrin polymer (PSWCl/ep-Cl). The former product (chitosan-epichlorohydrin polymer, PSWC/ep-Cl) was modified with N,N'-bis(2-aminoethyl)ethane-1,2-diamine, and chloroacetic acid to produce a poly nitrogen biosorbent (PSWC/ep/T-amine) and poly oxygen/nitrogen biosorbent (SWCh/ep/T-amine/PCOOH), respectively. The complexing functionalities of the chitosan backbone have been improved by these moieties (multidentate nitrogen and oxygen donor moieties) to improve the loading capacity, selectivity, and kinetics. The SEM/EDX analysis show that PSWC/EP/T-amine, and PSWC/EP/T-amine/P-COOH mainly composed of nitrogen, and oxygen, hydrogen and carbon. The TGA analysis of PSWC/EP/T-amine, and PSWC/EP/T-amine/P-COOH revealed many periods of mass losses. Also, the dTG (%/min) of PSWC/EP/T-amine and PSWC/EP/T-amine/P-COOH biosorbents contain multiple endothermic peaks. All endothermic peaks in the dTG curves are related to thermal decomposition of PSWC/EP/T-amine and PSWC/EP/T-amine/P-COOH adsorbents. The affinity of SWCh/ep/T-amine and SWCh/ep/T-amine/PCOOH for lanthanum (III) ions was investigated using batch technique. The maximum uptake of lanthanum ions by SWCh/ep/T-amine and SWCh/ep/T-amine/PCOOH was achieved at pH 7 and 328K were 98.2 and 129.6 mg/g, respectively. The results refers to a chemisorption reaction of lanthanum ions with the PSWC/EP/T-amine and PSWC/EP/T-amine/P-COOH adsorbents controlled intraparticle diffusion mechanism. The isotherm and thermodynamic evaluation refers to spontaneous, endothermic, monolayer adsorption of lanthanum ions on the PSWC/EP/T-amine and PSWC/EP/T-amine/P-COOH adsorbents.

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Volume 66, Issue 13 - Serial Number 13
Special Issue: Applied Chemistry for Greener Life and Sustainability
December 2023
Pages 1231-1246
  • Receive Date: 03 April 2023
  • Revise Date: 20 May 2023
  • Accept Date: 22 May 2023