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Desalination and heavy metal ion removal from water by new ion exchange membrane modified by synthesized NiFe2O4/HAMPS nanocomposite

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Magnetic nickel ferrite (NiFe2O4) nanoparticles were synthesized and then modified by a novel hydrogel based on 2-acrylamido-2-methyl propane sulfonic acid (HAMPS). Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) analyses were conducted to prove the NiFe2O4/HAMPS nanocomposite formation decisively. The effect of NiFe2O4/HAMPS in the matrix of the heterogeneous cation exchange membrane on separation performance was studied. Adding of NiFe2O4/HAMPS into the membrane body up to 1%wt resulted in an increase of sodium flux obviously. The sodium flux showed a decreased trend at higher nanocomposite ratios slightly. Membrane potential, permselectivity, and transport numbers also showed improving trends. Results exhibited more value for Na+ dynamic transport numbers compared to static ones. Membrane water content and porosity increased from 13.07 to 27.7% and 9.6 to 20.2% by utilizing NiFe2O4/HAMPS, respectively. By adding NiFe2O4-HAMPS into the membrane structure a pronounced improvement in membrane mechanical resistance (~ 94%) and chemical stability was observed. Modified membrane containing 1.0%wt NiFe2O4-HAMPS showed effective separation in Pb2+ (~ 98%), Cu2+ (~ 48%), and Ni2+ (~ 34%) removal. This sample also showed highest current efficiency (78.9%) in Pb2+ removal and lowest energy consumption (6.97 W/mol) compared to others.

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    M. Nemati, S. M. Hosseini, F. Parvizian & N. Rafiei

  2. Process Engineering for Sustainable Systems Section, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001, Leuven, Belgium

    B. Van der Bruggen

  3. Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, Tshwane University of Technology, Private Bag X680, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa

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Nemati, M., Hosseini, S.M., Parvizian, F. et al. Desalination and heavy metal ion removal from water by new ion exchange membrane modified by synthesized NiFe2O4/HAMPS nanocomposite. Ionics 25, 3847–3857 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-019-02937-2

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