Removal characteristics of anionic metals by micellar-enhanced ultrafiltration

J Hazard Mater. 2003 May 30;99(3):303-11. doi: 10.1016/s0304-3894(03)00063-3.

Abstract

Surfactant-based separation of Fe(CN)(6)(3-) and CrO(4)(2-) using regenerated cellulose membrane was studied in order to assess the potential of micellar-enhanced ultrafiltration for the remediation of wastewater or groundwater polluted with ferriccyanide and chromate. In the ferriccyanide/octadecylamine acetate (ODA) and chromate/ODA systems, removal of ferriccyanide increased from 73 to 92% and to 98%, and that of chromate from 64 to 97% and to >99.9% as the molar ratio of ODA to ferriccyanide and to chromate increased from 1 to 2 and to 3, respectively. In the ferriccyanide/chromate/ODA system, while the removal of ferriccyanide increased from 62 to 72% and to 93%, the removal of chromate from 20 to 38% and to 68% as the molar ratio of ferriccyanide:chromate:ODA increased from 1:1:1 to 1:1:2 and to 1:1:4, respectively. With the molar ratio of 1:1:6, the removal was >99.9 and 98% for chromate and ferriccyanide, respectively. Ferriccyanide ions were more easily bound to ODA micelles because the binding power of ferriccyanide was greater than that of chromate.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cellulose
  • Chromates / isolation & purification*
  • Ferricyanides / isolation & purification*
  • Filtration
  • Micelles
  • Soil Pollutants / isolation & purification*
  • Surface-Active Agents / chemistry
  • Water Pollutants / isolation & purification*
  • Water Purification / methods*

Substances

  • Chromates
  • Ferricyanides
  • Micelles
  • Soil Pollutants
  • Surface-Active Agents
  • Water Pollutants
  • Cellulose