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Removal of inorganic mercury from aquatic environments by multi-walled carbon nanotubes

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Author	Yaghmaeian, Kamyar Mashizi, Reza Khosravi Nasseri, Simin Mahvi, Amir Hossein Alimohammadi, Mahmood Nazmara, Shahrokh
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	BackgroundMercury is considered as a toxic heavy metal in aquatic environments due to accumulation in bodies of living organisms. Exposure to mercury may lead to different toxic effects in humans including damages to kidneys and nervous system.Materials and methodsMulti-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were selected as sorbent to remove mercury from aqueous solution using batch technique. ICP instrument was used to determine the amount of mercury in solution. Moreover, pH, contact time and initial concentration of mercury were studied to determine the influence of these parameters on the adsorption conditions.ResultsResults indicate that the adsorption strongly depended on pH and the best pH for adsorption is about 7. The rate of adsorption process initially was rapid but it was gradually reduced with increasing of contact time and reached the equilibrium after 120 min. In addition, more than 85 % of initial concentration of 0.1 mg/l was removed at 0.5 g/l concentration of sorbent and contact time of 120 min. Meanwhile, the adsorption process followed the pseudo second-order model and the adsorption isotherms could be described by both the Freundlich and the Langmuir models.ConclusionThis study showed that MWCNTs can effectively remove inorganic mercury from aqueous solutions as adsorbent.
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DOI	10.1186/s40201-015-0209-8
PubMed reference number	26217489
Journal	Medline
Volume Number	13
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://jehse.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s40201-015-0209-8
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.1186/s40201-015-0209-8
Journal	Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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