On Adsorption of Sodium Alginate-Carbon Nanotubes Gel for Cu2+-Containing Waste Water
With 1-ethyl-3 (3-dimethylamino-propyl) carbodiimide (EDC) as a coupling agent ,surface prop-erties have been improved by sodium alginate in order to preparate gel of SAL-MWCNT-COOH that was used to adsorb trace Cu2+-containing waste water .The effects of pH ,adsorption time and absorbent dos-age on adsorption of Cu2+ were investigated .The results show that the modification of multi-walled carbon nanotubes by means of SAL can increase dispersion ,specific surface area and aperture .When pH is 5 .8 and the adsorption attains equilibrium in 80min ,the adsorption kinetics are represented by pseudo first-and second-order models ,and the adsorption of Cu2+ by SAL-MWCNT-COOH met the Freundlich and Lang-muir isohterm equation .Based on the Langmuirmodel ,the maximum adsorption capacity of SAL-MWC-NT-COOH was 87 .68 mg/g .