Removal of Zirconium (Zr) from Aqueous Solution by Polymer Enhanced Ultrafiltration

Authors

  • O. A Dündar Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Ege University, 35040, İzmir, Turkey
  • Ö. Arar Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Ege University, 35040, İzmir, Turkey https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3687-9534

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11113/amst.v25n2.211

Keywords:

Polymer-enhanced ultrafiltration, Heavy metal removal, Ion Exchange, water treatment, Zirconium

Abstract

Although the world output of zirconium has been declining, increasing zirconium consumption cannot compete with this situation. For this reason, removal and recovery of zirconium become important. This work is focused on the removal of Zirconium (as ZrO22+) ions from an aqueous solution using polymer-enhanced ultrafiltration (PEUF) techniques with water-soluble Poly (sodium-p-styrene sulfonate, SSS) sorbent. The negatively charged sulfonic acid groups in the polymer interact with positively charged ZrO22+ cation thereby enabling the efficient removal of ZrO22+through ultrafiltration. The effect of polymer: zirconium mole ratio, initial solution pH, and the presence of interfering ions on the removal of zirconium was investigated. The obtained results demonstrated that ZrO22+ can be removed from the aqueous solution by the PEUF technique with more than 99% efficiency at pH ≥ 2 using polymer: Zr molar ratio of 5:1. The presence of interfering ions did not affect the percent removal of ZrO22+.

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Published

2021-07-07

How to Cite

Dündar, O. A. ., & Arar, Ö. . (2021). Removal of Zirconium (Zr) from Aqueous Solution by Polymer Enhanced Ultrafiltration. Journal of Applied Membrane Science & Technology, 25(2), 15–21. https://doi.org/10.11113/amst.v25n2.211

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