The performance of activated carbon/NiFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> magnetic composite to retain heavy metal ions from aqueous solution

S. I. Moussa; M. M. S. Ali; Reda R. Sheha

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The performance of activated carbon/NiFe₂O₄ magnetic composite to retain heavy metal ions from aqueous solution

Separation Science and Engineering | Updated：2026-01-06

- The performance of activated carbon/NiFe₂O₄ magnetic composite to retain heavy metal ions from aqueous solution
- Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering Vol. 29, Issue 1, Pages: 135-145(2021)
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  1. Nuclear Chem. Dept., Hot Lab Center, Atomic Energy Authority,Cairo,Egypt,13759
  2. Analytical Chem. Dept., Hot Lab Center, Atomic Energy Authority,Cairo,Egypt,13759
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A novel magnetic activated carbon composite (AC/NiF) was synthesized by a precipitation method and applied in retention of Cu(Ⅱ)

and Zn(Ⅱ) ions from aqueous solutions. The impact of different sorption parameters such as: equilibration time

solution pH value

competing cations and ionic strength on the amount sorbed of Cu(Ⅱ)

and Zn(Ⅱ) was clarified. Results illustrated that the magnetic composite had retention ability towards both metal ions significantly higher than that of activated carbon (AC). The magnetic composite exhibited an affinity to adsorb Cu(Ⅱ) higher than Zn(Ⅱ) ions. The maximum sorption capacities (

max

) of the applied magnetic composite (AC/NiF) towards Cu(Ⅱ) and Zn(Ⅱ) were 105.8 and 75.1 mg·g

-1

respectively. Retention of Cu(Ⅱ) and Zn(Ⅱ) was proposed to be achieved though an ion exchange and surface adsorption in neutral conditions

while precipitation was believed to be the relevant mechanism in their removal from basic solutions. The kinetic studies showed that sorption process followed the kinetics of pseudo-second-order reactions with rate constant of 3 × 10

-3

and 2 × 10

-3

min

-1

for sorption of Cu(Ⅱ) and Zn(Ⅱ) onto AC/NiF composite. Removal of Cu(Ⅱ) slightly decreased with increasing the ionic strength of aqueous solution

using NaCl as a background electrolyte. In contrast

presence of Mn(Ⅱ)

Mg(Ⅱ) and Co(Ⅱ) in reaction solutions highly depressed the sorption of Cu(Ⅱ) and Zn(Ⅱ) with a competing efficiency followed the order: Mg(Ⅱ) Mn(Ⅱ) Co(Ⅱ).The magnetic composite was rapidly recovered from aqueous solution by an external magnetic field

and effectively regenerated using 0.1 mol·L

-1

HCl and 0.1 mol·L

-1

FeCl

as eluents. Sorption of Cu(Ⅱ) and Zn(Ⅱ) onto the surface of AC/NiF composite occurred

via

a spontaneous reaction. And thermodynamically favorable process had Δ

values of 30.9 kJ·mol

-1

and 19.7 kJ·mol

-1

respectively. The results confirm that the magnetic composite can be viewed as a promising novel composite opens new opportunities for the attainment of required adsorption and operative magnetic separation.

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