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EVALUATION OF THE EFFICIENCY OF SULFONATED POLYSTYRENE IN THE
REMOVAL OF CD2+ FROM
GROUNDWATER
M. R. G. OMAPAS, A. C. N. PUEBLA, M. J. K. G. RIVERA, J. E. D.
TOCALDO, R. R. VILLAGRACIA, E. C. ROQUE
1*, A. ARCEGA
Department of Chemical Engineering, Adamson University,
900 San Marcelino Street, Ermita, Manila, 1000 Philippines
*Corresponding Author: [email protected]
Abstract
This research study focused on the evaluation of sulfonated
polystyrene in the
adsorption of Cadmium metal from groundwater. The researchers
studied the
effect of the following parameters: pH of 2, 4 and 6, initial
concentration of 100,
200 and 300 ppm, contact time of 60, 120 and 180 minutes, in
evaluating the
efficiency of the adsorbent sulfonated polystyrene in removing
metal ion from
synthetic and actual groundwater. The optimum conditions for
each parameter
were determined using Box–Behnken design. The experiments showed
that the
only parameter which affects the adsorption capability of
sulfonated polystyrene
was the initial concentration while the other two parameters
were insignificant.
Further, experiments showed that the order of the adsorption
mechanism was
pseudo–second order kinetics while obeying Langmuir monolayer
curve. Also the
predicted percent removal obtained using Box–Behnken design was
52.88%.
Under the same optimal parameters, the percent removal obtained
for the
synthetic groundwater was 51.27% while a value of 47.6% was
obtained for the
actual groundwater. The percentage removal for synthetic
groundwater is almost
the same to the predicted value. On the other hand, the removal
for the actual
groundwater obtained was lower than that of the synthetic
groundwater which can
be accounted to other species present in groundwater.
Keywords: Sulfonated polystyrene, Adsorption mechanism,
Monolayer curve,
Pseudo-second order, Synthetic groundwater
1. Introduction
Cadmium is one of the heavy metals released into the soil by
application of
phosphate fertilizers and other agrochemicals and which, at
about half, is released
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Nomenclatures
A Concentration
K Equilibrium constant; rate constant
M Molar
P Pressure
p p-value
pH Power of hydrogen
Ppm Unit of concentration; parts per million
Q amount of metal ion adsorbed
t Time, minute
x/m adsorption per gram of adsorbent
Greek Symbols
∝ Level or standard for how extreme the data must be before we
can reject the null hypothesis.
Θ number of sites of the surface which are covered with
gaseous
molecule
Abbreviations
ANOVA Analysis of Variance
into rivers through weathering of rocks, air through forest
fires and volcanoes,
while the rest is released through human activities, such as
manufacturing [1].
The need to develop new approaches and innovative techniques for
heavy metal
removal from groundwater grows as the restrictive regulations of
allowable levels
of heavy metal discharge and requirements for the remediation of
contaminated
sites increase [2]. Hence, sulfonated polystyrene suggests an
effective removal of
groundwater contaminants particularly the heavy metals and is a
practical way for
groundwater remediation.
Investigations have adopted chemical recycling of waste
polystyrene into the
corresponding monomers or hydrocarbons. However, the process is
cost-
inefficient since the cost of the hydrocarbons and monomers is
lower compared to
that retrieved by recycling. [3] Sulfonation is a new
reclamation technology
reported in converting waste plastic to functional polymer. It
is popularly known
that the sulfonation of polystyrene could be used to create
products such as
cationic exchanger resin, polyelectrolyte and fuel cell
membranes. The research
was based on the sulfonation of waste polystyrene in producing
flocculant. This
was then utilized to eliminate the turbidity of wastewater.
Sulfonated polystyrene, being one of the mounting solid wastes
was
used in a study in the reduction of lead in wastewater from
electroplating
industry to propose a useful remedy for its disposal. It was
found to
significantly lessen the lead content in electroplating industry
wastewater.
Moreover, it was established that the variation in amounts of
volume and
mass of sulfonated polystyrene has a considerable effect in the
percentage
reduction of the heavy metal [4].
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2. Adsorption
Analytical methods and design regarding the evaluation of the
efficiency of
sulfonated polystyrene in the removal of Cd+2
from groundwater are presented
in this section. The analytical methods are based on theory and
thus
adsorption only occurs when a gas or liquid solute collects on
the surface of a
solid or a liquid (adsorbent), forming a molecular or atomic
film (adsorbate).
The design charts are replicated with the analytical methods to
improve the
accuracy of the results. These design charts used for the effect
of contact
time, initial concentration and pH are adapted from Box Behnken
Design
through various experiments.
2.1. Adsorption mechanism
The fluid is passed through the bed and the solid particles
adsorb components
from the fluid. When the bed is almost saturated, the flow in
this bed is
stopped and the bed is regenerated thermally or by other
methods, so
desorption occurs.
2.2. Adsorption Isotherm
Freundlich Adsorption Isotherm is an empirical equation for
representing the
isothermal variation of adsorption of a quantity of gas adsorbed
by unit mass of
solid adsorbent with pressure. It is described by:
𝑥
𝑚= 𝑘𝑃
1
𝑛 (1)
Langmuir Isotherm is a semi-empirical isotherm derived from a
proposed
kinetic mechanism. Langmuir Equation is described by:
𝜃 =𝐾𝑃
1+𝐾𝑃 (2)
A linear plot obtained proves the applicability of the
isotherm.
2.3. Adsorption Kinetics
The determination of a rate law is simplified by the isolation
method in which the
concentrations of all the reactants except one are in large
excess. If B is in large
excess, for example, then to a good approximation, its
concentration is constant
throughout the reaction. Although the true rate law follows a
second-order
reaction, it can be forced into first-order form by assuming
that the concentration
of B is constant. It is called a pseudo-first-order rate law
[5].
The linear form of pseudo-first order model is shown in the
equation:
ln(𝑞𝑒−𝑞𝑡) = 𝑙𝑛(𝑞𝑒) − 𝐾1𝑡 (3)
The linear form of pseudo-second order model is given by:
𝑡
𝑞𝑡=
1
𝐾2𝑞𝑒2 +
1
𝑞𝑒𝑡 (4)
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3. Materials and Methods 3.1. Chemicals
An amount of 1M Cadmium Nitrate (Cd(NO3)2) was used as a source
of Cd+2
.
Sodium Chloride anhydrous as a source of Na+ and concentrated
Sulfuric Acid
(H2SO4) were obtained in the highest purity and used as
received. 0.1 M of NaOH
and HCl solutions were used for the pH adjustments. All chemical
solutions were
prepared using distilled water.
3.2. Preparation of sulfonated polystyrene
Collected polystyrene in the form of disposable Styrofoam cups
were washed
with liquid soap and rinsed thoroughly with water. These were
then dried using
convection oven. Dried polystyrene materials were treated with
600 ml of
concentrated sulfuric acid with complete mixing for 2 hours at
room temperature.
Treated Polystyrene materials were filtered using ash-less
filter paper, washed
with distilled water and were dried in convection oven at 30˚C
until constant
weight was obtained. Dried sulfonated polystyrene was treated
with 500 mL of
1.0 M NaCl and agitated for 1 hour in order to convert the
sulfonated polystyrene
into a cation-exchanger resin [4].
3.3. Adsorption of cadmium
An amount of 0.5 gram of sulfonated polystyrene was used in
adsorbing cadmium
ion present in the following samples: cadmium-spiked water and
actual
groundwater. Using serial dilution, the cadmium-spiked water
solutions with the
concentrations 100 mg/L, 200 mg/L and 300 mg/L were prepared
from 1M
Cd(NO3)2 stock solution. The solutions were adjusted to desired
pH values by
adding 0.1 M of either NaOH or HCl solution. Adsorption of
cadmium from these
solutions was done under the desired contact time parameters.
The adsorbing
capacity of the treated sulfonated polystyrene with cadmium ion
Cd2+
was
assessed using the following procedures:
For Cadmium Spiked Water, 250 ml of Cadmium-Spiked water was
treated
with 0.5 g of sulfonated polystyrene at different time interval
and varying
concentration and pH. After each interval, samples were filtered
using filter
paper. Filtrate was analyzed for the final cadmium concentration
using Flame
Atomic Adsorption Spectroscopy (FAAS).
For the Actual Groundwater, 250 mL groundwater sample spiked
with
Cadmium ion at the determined optimum conditions was treated
with 0.5 g of
sulfonated polystyrene. Then it was filtered and was analyzed
for the final
cadmium concentration using Flame Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
(AAS).
Actual groundwater sample was spiked with Cadmium ion at the
determined
optimum condition in terms of initial Cd+2
concentrations and was adjusted to the
optimum pH value achieved. This sample was treated with 0.5 gram
of the
sulfonated polystyrene for which adsorption proceeded under the
optimum
contact time.
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3.4. Instrumental analysis
The pH of solutions was adjusted using of pH meter model 500
series benchtop-
Beckman Coulter (calibrated by AccuLab).
Another factor in this study was the contact time monitored
using Ming Jong
Multi Segment Plug-In Timer. After the adsorption processes,
sulfonated
polystyrene materials were filtered out of the solutions using
filter paper. The
final cadmium concentration from each filtered solution was
measured using
Flame Atomic Adsorption Spectroscopy (FAAS) [6].
3.5. Statistical treatment data
The data that were obtained from the experimental part were
evaluated by Box-
Behnken Design to establish the relationship of the adsorbing
capacity of the
sulfonated polystyrene with cadmium ion (Cd2+
) with respect to contact time, pH
and concentration variations. Design Expert was used as the
program in the
software. In the ANOVA analysis of Box Benhken Design, the
probability value (p
value) declares the significance of each factor to the said
experiment. Whenever the
p value is greater than α = 0.05, it is considered insignificant
in the study.
4. Results and Discussion
The evaluation of the efficiency of sulfonated polystyrene in
the adsorption of
Cadmium (Cd+2
) in actual groundwater shown in this research was carried
using
the methods and the software described above. The effects of pH,
initial
concentration and contact time are analysed in this paper. Also,
kinetics and
isotherm curves have been determined.
4.1. Effect of pH The pH range was set from 2.0 to 6.0. Based on
the Fig. 1, the graph showed that pH
has insignificant effect on the adsorption capacity of
sulfonated polystyrene. ANOVA
analysis confirmed the adequacy of the quadratic model, with
p=0.0519, which means
that this variable has insignificant effect on the adsorption of
cadmium. The pH can be
set at any level, except on pH where cadmium will precipitate,
in order to achieve the
optimum condition within the selected range. Based on the range
selected for the
design, the peak performance was achieved at pH value of 6 at
which the highest
percentage removal of Cd2+
in the solution, 51.27%, was retrieved. This can be
explained by formation of hydroxyl ions for solutions at low
pH.
Comparing to other studies, it was found that the adsorption of
cobalt is optimum
at the pH range 5-6. This is due to the structural hydroxyl
groups of the clay or
hydroxyl - aluminum compounds [7]. The adsorption of Cd2+
on montmorillonite in
water is slightly dependent on pH, to which no other electrolyte
had been added [8]. It
was also reported that as the pH increases, metal uptake
increases. This is due to the
fact that at lower pH values, excess concentration of H+ ions
competes with the
cadmium ions on the active sites of the adsorbent. The optimum
solution pH was
found to be 5.5 for both adsorbents. At higher pH values,
precipitation of the heavy
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metal may occur. In this study, the peak performance was
achieved at the highest pH
level (based on the range) [9].It was also found that Cd+2
removal increases as pH
increases on the basis of the decrease in competition between
proton and Cd+2
for the
surface sites and by the decrease in positive surface charge,
which results in a lower
coulombic repulsion of the sorbing Cd+2
[10].
Fig. 1. Percentage Adsorption vs. pH.
Contrary to the results retrieved, a study showed that the
removal of metal ions
from aqueous solution by adsorption is highly dependent on the
pH of the
solution which affects the surface charge of the adsorbent and
the degree of
ionization and speciation of the adsorbate [11]. In general,
most of the related
studies conformed to the result that adsorption is pH dependent,
which is opposite
the result obtained in this study. However, the optimum pH level
found in the
experiment based on the range was consistent with the theories
cited from
different researches that adsorption is low at lower pH due to
presence of
hydroxyl ions that compete with Cd2+
on the adsorption sites.
4.2. Effect of initial concentration
The initial concentration range was set from 100ppm to 300ppm.
Based on Fig. 2,
the graph showed that as initial concentration of cadmium ion
increases, the
percentage removal of the metal ion also increases. ANOVA
analysis confirmed
the adequacy of the quadratic model, the probability value for
initial
concentration term p=0.0008. The optimum concentration based on
the range set
in the design was 300 ppm. It is because at higher initial
concentration, the ratio
of the initial number of moles of cadmium to the available
surface area is high.
Thus, the fractional adsorption becomes dependent on the initial
concentration.
This result conformed to the study that made use of activated
and non-
activated date pits in adsorption of Cd2+
[9]. It also confirmed the significance of
the effect of initial concentration to the percentage of
adsorption. They studied the
adsorption of Cd2+
on China clay and found that the percentage removal
increased
by decreasing the concentration of Cd2+
in solution. The process is highly
dependent on initial concentration of cadmium.Another study
concluded that the
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equilibrium was attained within 60 min in the adsorption of dye
(MG) using egg
shell powdered adsorbent [12]. It was revealed that the percent
adsorption was
highly dependent on initial concentration and that the actual
amount of dye
adsorbed per unit mass of adsorbent increased with increase in
the initial
concentration. It is because at lower concentration, the ratio
of the initial number
of dye molecules to the available surface area is low. But at
high concentration,
the available sites of adsorption become fewer. Hence, the
percentage removal of
dye is dependent on the initial concentration.
Fig. 2. Percentage Adsorption vs. Initial Concentration.
Another study regarding the effect of initial Cd2+
concentration on the
adsorption using rice husk concludes that the initial
concentration provided the
necessary driving force to overcome the resistances to the mass
transfer of
Cadmium between the aqueous phase and the solid phase [13]. The
increase in
initial concentration also enhanced the interaction between
Cd2+
and rice husk. An
increase in the initial concentration of cadmium enhanced the
adsorption uptake
of cadmium. This is due to the increase in the driving force of
the concentration
gradient produced by the increase in the initial cadmium
concentration.
Contrary to the results obtained in this study, the adsorption
of Cu(II) and
Cd(II) on ACRH and found that adsorption decreased by increasing
the Cu(II)
and Cd(II) concentrations[11]. Still, this result established
that the removal of
copper and cadmium are highly concentration dependent. Most of
the related
literature reported that adsorption is dependent on the initial
concentration of
cadmium ions, as the initial Cd2+
concentration increases the equilibrium
concentration and the uptake of Cd2+
increases. This result is consistent with the
result obtained from this study.
4.3. Effect of contact time
The adsorption rates were determined at pH of 6 and initial
concentration of 300
ppm in aqueous media. The adsorption kinetics consisted of two
phases: an initial
rapid phase where adsorption was fast, and a second slower phase
where metal
ion equilibrium uptake was achieved.
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The contact time range was set from 60 minutes to 180 minutes.
Based on Fig.
3, the graph showed that the contact time had no significant
effect on the
adsorption of cadmium ion using sulfonated polystyrene. ANOVA
analysis
confirmed the adequacy of the quadratic model, with p=0.5247.
The contact time
can be set at any level in order to achieve the optimum
condition within our range.
Based on the range selected for the design, the peak performance
was achieved at
contact time value of 120 minutes at which the highest
percentage removal of Cd2+
in the solution, 51.27%, was retrieved. Based on our given
range, this was the
optimum contact time that was used in the adsorption kinetics
experiment.
Comparing to the study which investigated the potential of egg
shell powder
as a low cost adsorbent for malachite green removal from its
solution, it was
found that contact time had significant effect on the
adsorption, and the
equilibrium time was 60 min [12]. It is also found that the
percent cadmium
removal is higher at the beginning, due to a larger surface area
of the rice husk
being available at the beginning for the adsorption of cadmium
[7]. As the surface
adsorption sites become exhausted, the uptake rate is controlled
by the rate at
which the adsorbate is transported from the exterior to the
interior sites of the
adsorbent particles. Most of the maximum percent cadmium removal
was attained
after about 90 min of shaking time at different concentrations.
As the contact time
increased, the cadmium adsorption and it remained constant after
equilibrium was
reached in 60 min for different initial concentrations. [9] It
showed that the
adsorption rate of cadmium on either the raw date pits or
activated carbon was
found to be rapid in the initial period of contact time and then
became slower until
the rate approached zero, where equilibrium is reached. The
ultimate adsorption
for cadmium ions occurs within the first 45 min in the case of
date pits and within
the first 60 min in the case of activated carbon.
Contrary to the results retrieved, another study showed that the
equilibrium
was attained after shaking for 60 min. for Cu2+
and 80 min. for Cd2+
[11]. It
observed that the adsorption is governed by fast kinetics as the
equilibrium is
reached within a short period of 30 min. In general, most of the
related studies
showed that the contact time has significantly affected the
percentage adsorption
of metal ions. This is contrary to the result obtained in this
study.
Fig. 3. Percentage Adsorption vs. Contact Time.
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4.4. Effect of three parameters
As shown in Fig. 4, both the contact time and pH have no
significant effect on the
adsorption of Cd2+
. It means that the optimum condition for pH and contact
time
in the determination of the kinetics and isotherm in this study
can be set at any
level. Only the initial concentration has a significant effect
on the percentage
adsorption. As initial Cd2+
concentration increases, adsorption increases. The time
of equilibrium is independent of the initial solute
concentration.
Fig. 4. Percentage Adsorption vs. pH,
Initial Concentration and Contact Time.
4.5. Analysis of kinetics
The adsorption mechanism was evaluated using the
pseudo-first-order and pseudo-
second-order equations. Figure 5 shows the kinetics for
pseudo-second order
reaction. It is found that the plot of pseudo second order (1/qt
versus t) gave a
straight line and a high correlation coefficient value with
R2=0.968 compared to the
correlation coefficient value of the pseudo-first order with
R2=0.906. The result
conformed to the assumption that the rate-limiting step of
cadmium adsorption may
be chemisorption, in which the metal ions stick to the adsorbent
surface by forming
a covalent bond and tend to find sites that maximize their
coordination number with
the surface [14]. Using the values of slope and y-intercept from
the best-fit
equation, the values of qe and k1were determined as 285.7143 ppm
and 2.3904x105
min-1
. The established pseudo second order equation is:
1
𝑞𝑡=
1
2.3904𝑥105(285.71432) + (
1
285.7143𝑡) (5)
4.6. Isotherm curve
It is found that the plot of Langmuir isotherm curve (1/q versus
1/c) gave a
straight line and a high correlation coefficient value with
R2=0.994 compared to
the correlation coefficient value of the Freundlich Isotherm
Curve (ln q versus ln
c) with R2=0.953. Based on the R
2 values, Langmuir curve represented the
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adsorption isotherm. By linearization, the values of the qo and
K are 0.3198 mg
adsorbate/mg solid and 366.17 ppm, respectively, as shown in
Fig. 6. The
established isotherm equation is:
𝑞 =0.3198𝑐
366.17+𝑐 (6)
Fig. 5. Kinetics for Pseudo - Second Order Reaction.
Fig. 6. Langmuir Isotherm Curve.
It means that the adsorption cannot proceed beyond monolayer
coverage. All
the sites are equivalent and the surface is uniform, the surface
is perfectly flat on a
microscopic scale. The ability of a molecule to adsorb at a
given site is
independent of the occupation of neighboring site; there are no
interactions
between adsorbed molecules [15].
4.7. Actual groundwater treatment
The optimum condition (based on the range) was used in the
actual groundwater,
spiked with Cd2+
. The adsorption capacity was determined as 47.6%, proving
the
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efficiency of the experimental setup for Cadmium ion removal in
the groundwater
sample. Relating this value to the maximum adsorption obtained
in the initial
experiment, the percentage error computed is 9.99%. This can be
accounted to the
physico-chemical and microbiological constituents of the
groundwater.
Based on the study that used the same adsorbent in Pb2+
adsorption [4], the
percentage reduction was higher compared with the percentage
reduction obtained
from this study. It can be concluded that the sulfonated
polystyrene was more
efficient in Lead adsorption than Cadmium adsorption, but it was
still effective in
groundwater treatment.
5. Conclusions
The purpose of this research is to evaluate the efficiency of
sulfonated polystyrene
in the adsorption of Cadmium (Cd+2
) in actual groundwater. Using the Box-
Behnken Design and various experiments, the following statements
have been
concluded:
The results showed that: as initial concentration increases, the
percentage removal also increases, while the two other parameters,
pH and contact time,
were insignificant in the adsorption process.
It was also found that the only parameter affecting the
adsorption treatment was initial concentration with the optimum
value (based from the range of
initial concentration that was set) of 300 ppm.The optimum
condition for pH
and contact time can be set at any level within the given
range.
The reaction mechanism followed pseudo-second order kinetics
which means that the rate-limiting step may be chemical
sorption.
The adsorption mechanism obeys Langmuir monolayer Isotherm
model. It proved that it only occurred on localized sites on the
surface, not with other
adsorbates at maximum adsorption.
The adsorption capacity was determined as 47.6%, proving the
efficiency of the experimental setup for Cadmium ion removal in the
groundwater sample.
Acknowledgement
This work was sponsored by the Center for Research and
Continuing Education
(CRECE) of Adamson University.
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