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Adsorption of heavy metals and organic contaminants from aqueous stream with chemically enhanced kapok fibers

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The chemically enhanced kapok fiber was fabricated and tested for an industrial and environmental application, and optimized conditions for fiber modification and adsorption kinetic reactions were developed and evaluated. A significant improvement of the adsorption efficiency for the uptakes of Cd2+, Cu2+, Ni2+, Pb2+, and Zn2+ ions was observed with the chemically enhanced kapok fibers. The experimented metals were removed in the range of 95–99 % with a removal order such as Pb2+ > Cu2+ > Ni2+ ≈ Cd2+ > Zn2+. The adsorption kinetic models for such metals were also studied, indicating that chemisorption and reconstructed three-dimensional (3D) polymer structure were the determining rate step because of the higher correlation rate constant of the pseudo-second-order reaction. Along with metal adsorption study, the adsorption of methylene blue (MB) and trichloroethylene (TCE) with the chemically enhanced fiber was also estimated.

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  1. Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, 333 Longtong Road, Songjiang, Shanghai, China

    Runkai Wang

  2. Seohae Environment Science Institute, Jeonju, 54817, Korea

    Chul-Ho Shin

  3. Sony Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, 3620 S. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA

    Daeik Kim

  4. Division of Biotechnology, College of Environmental and Bioresource Sciences, Chonbuk National University, Iksan, 54596, Korea

    Moonhee Ryu

  5. Department of Environmental Engineering, Kangwon National University, Samcheok, Gangwon-do, 25913, Korea

    Joon-Seok Park

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Wang, R., Shin, CH., Kim, D. et al. Adsorption of heavy metals and organic contaminants from aqueous stream with chemically enhanced kapok fibers. Environ Earth Sci 75, 338 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-016-5254-9

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