Abstract:
In this paper, the traditional difficult problem of separation between adsorbent and water phase was effectively solved by a kind of magnetic polyols boron adsorbent, which were designed and prepared based on the principle of magnetic separation. Firstly, the polyaniline compound Fe
3O
4 (Fe
3O
4@PANI) composites with core-shell structure were prepared by the in-situ polymerization reaction at the presence of aniline and Fe
3O
4 nanoparticles, which were prepared by ourselves. Then propylene glycol modified polyaniline compound Fe
3O
4 (Fe
3O
4@PANI-PG) boron adsorbent was successfully prepared by the ring-opening reaction between polyaniline terminal active —NH
2 and glycidyl. After that, the micro-structure, composition and functional groups were analyzed by the SEM, TEM, EDS, XRD, XPS and FTIR, respectively. The adsorption time, initial concentration of boric acid, pH and other factors of Fe
3O
4@PANI-PG were investigated by the single factor experiment. On this basis, the optimal adsorption conditions (time
t=10 h, initial concentration
C0=1309 mg/L, pH=9.93) were obtained by response surface method, and the corresponding optimal adsorption capacity up to
Qe=0.1181 mmol/g. In addition, it was found that the adsorption process was in accordance with the quasi-second-order adsorption kinetics and Langmuir adsorption isotherm based on the adsorption kinetics and adsorption isotherm fitting. Finally, the adsorption mechanism of Fe
3O
4@PANI-PG was explored and the results indicating the complex reaction between the hydroxyl group at the end of the adsorbent and B(OH)
4− in the aqueous phase formed a stable five-membered ring chelate.