Abstract:
The effects of environmental factors such as pH, the concentration of
Sargassum fusiforme (
S.fusiforme) powder, initial concentration of Pb
2+, interference ionic strength and temperature on the removal rate and adsorption capacity of Pb
2+ were studied, with the non-active
S.fusiforme as adsorbent. When the initial concentration of Pb
2+ was 10 mg/L, the adsorption rate of Pb
2+ by
S.fusiforme powder was higher in the range of pH2.0~5.0, and the highest removal rate was 97.05% at pH3.0. The removal rate of Pb
2+ by
S.fusiforme powder increases with the increase of
S.fusiforme powder concentration, but the adsorption capacity reacts against it. When the initial concentration of Pb
2+ was 60 mg/L and the concentration of
S.fusiforme powder was 0.5 g/L, the removal rate of Pb
2+ was up to 94%. The presence of other cations in the solution interferes with the adsorption of Pb
2+ by
S.fusiforme powder, in which Ca
2+ was more disturbed than Na
+ and Cu
2+ was more harmful than Cd
2+. What's more, the interference of multiple ions in the adsorption was greater than the interference of a single ion, the square root of adsorption capacity and interference ionic strength showed a certain linear relationship, the correlation coefficients were above 0.95.In the range of 20~60℃, an appropriate increase in temperature facilitated the adsorption process.
S.fusiforme powder could be used to remove Pb
2+and showed a good adsorption performance in the adsorption of Pb
2+.