Quaternization of Porous Cellulose Beads and Their Use for Removal of Humic Acid from Aqueous Medium

Porous cellulose beads were quaternized with glycidyltrimethylammonium chloride (GTMAC) to explore a potential use of them as an adsorbent for removal of humic acid (HA) from aqueous medium. The introduction of quaternary ammonium groups was confirmed by FT-IR and XPS analysis. The content of introd...

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Main Authors: Kana Uchiyama, Hiromichi Asamoto, Hiroaki Minamisawa, Kazunori Yamada
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Published: MDPI AG 2023-01-01
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author Kana Uchiyama
Hiromichi Asamoto
Hiroaki Minamisawa
Kazunori Yamada
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description Porous cellulose beads were quaternized with glycidyltrimethylammonium chloride (GTMAC) to explore a potential use of them as an adsorbent for removal of humic acid (HA) from aqueous medium. The introduction of quaternary ammonium groups was confirmed by FT-IR and XPS analysis. The content of introduced quaternary ammonium groups increased with an increase in the GTMAC concentration. The adsorption capacity increased with a decrease in the initial pH value and attained the maximum value at pH 3 and increased with an increase in the content of quaternary ammonium groups. The removal % increased with the dose of quaternized cellulose beads at both pH 3.0 and 6.0. The adsorption process obeyed the pseudo-second order kinetic model and exhibited a better fit to the Langmuir isotherm model, suggesting that the adsorption of HA is accomplished through the electrostatic interaction between a quaternary ammonium group introduced and a dissociated carboxy group of a HA molecule. The maximum adsorption capacity obtained in this study is comparable to or higher than those published by other articles. HA loaded was completely released to NaOH solutions at higher than 100 mM to regenerate the quaternized cellulose beads. The above-mentioned results clearly show that the quaternized cellulose beads prepared in this study can be used as a regenerable adsorbent with high capacity for removal of HA from aqueous medium.
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spelling doaj.art-80948733a0eb44ab9d6e29395444f3202023-11-17T13:19:58ZengMDPI AGPhyschem2673-71672023-01-0131617610.3390/physchem3010005Quaternization of Porous Cellulose Beads and Their Use for Removal of Humic Acid from Aqueous MediumKana Uchiyama0Hiromichi Asamoto1Hiroaki Minamisawa2Kazunori Yamada3Major of Applied Molecular Chemistry, Graduate School of Industrial Technology, Nihon University, 1-2-1 Izumi-cho, Narashino 275-8575, Chiba, JapanDepartment of Basic Science, College of Industrial Technology, Nihon University, 2-11-1 Shin-ei, Narashino 275-8576, Chiba, JapanDepartment of Basic Science, College of Industrial Technology, Nihon University, 2-11-1 Shin-ei, Narashino 275-8576, Chiba, JapanDepartment of Applied Molecular Chemistry, College of Industrial Technology, Nihon University, 1-2-1 Izumi-cho, Narashino 275-8575, Chiba, JapanPorous cellulose beads were quaternized with glycidyltrimethylammonium chloride (GTMAC) to explore a potential use of them as an adsorbent for removal of humic acid (HA) from aqueous medium. The introduction of quaternary ammonium groups was confirmed by FT-IR and XPS analysis. The content of introduced quaternary ammonium groups increased with an increase in the GTMAC concentration. The adsorption capacity increased with a decrease in the initial pH value and attained the maximum value at pH 3 and increased with an increase in the content of quaternary ammonium groups. The removal % increased with the dose of quaternized cellulose beads at both pH 3.0 and 6.0. The adsorption process obeyed the pseudo-second order kinetic model and exhibited a better fit to the Langmuir isotherm model, suggesting that the adsorption of HA is accomplished through the electrostatic interaction between a quaternary ammonium group introduced and a dissociated carboxy group of a HA molecule. The maximum adsorption capacity obtained in this study is comparable to or higher than those published by other articles. HA loaded was completely released to NaOH solutions at higher than 100 mM to regenerate the quaternized cellulose beads. The above-mentioned results clearly show that the quaternized cellulose beads prepared in this study can be used as a regenerable adsorbent with high capacity for removal of HA from aqueous medium.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-7167/3/1/5porous cellulose beadsquaternizationquaternary ammonium grouphumic acidadsorptiondesorption
spellingShingle Kana Uchiyama
Hiromichi Asamoto
Hiroaki Minamisawa
Kazunori Yamada
Quaternization of Porous Cellulose Beads and Their Use for Removal of Humic Acid from Aqueous Medium
Physchem
porous cellulose beads
quaternization
quaternary ammonium group
humic acid
adsorption
desorption
title Quaternization of Porous Cellulose Beads and Their Use for Removal of Humic Acid from Aqueous Medium
title_full Quaternization of Porous Cellulose Beads and Their Use for Removal of Humic Acid from Aqueous Medium
title_fullStr Quaternization of Porous Cellulose Beads and Their Use for Removal of Humic Acid from Aqueous Medium
title_full_unstemmed Quaternization of Porous Cellulose Beads and Their Use for Removal of Humic Acid from Aqueous Medium
title_short Quaternization of Porous Cellulose Beads and Their Use for Removal of Humic Acid from Aqueous Medium
title_sort quaternization of porous cellulose beads and their use for removal of humic acid from aqueous medium
topic porous cellulose beads
quaternization
quaternary ammonium group
humic acid
adsorption
desorption
url https://www.mdpi.com/2673-7167/3/1/5
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