Journal of Inorganic Materials ›› 2018, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (4): 390-396.DOI: 10.15541/jim20170244

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Structure and Adsorption Property of Magnetic ZnFe2O4-halloysite Composite Material

SUN Qing1,2, QI Qi1, ZHANG Jian1, PAN Fang-Zhen3, SHENG Jia-Wei1,2   

  1. 1. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China;
    2. Wenzhou Institute of Science and Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Wenzhou 325011, China;
    3. Zhejiang Institute of Geology and Mineral Resource, Hangzhou 310008, China
  • Received:2017-05-16 Revised:2017-08-14 Published:2018-04-30 Online:2018-03-27
  • About author:SUN Qing. E-mail: qingsun@zjut.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China (51604242);Research Project of Zhejiang Provincial Education Department (Y201534915;Open Project Program of Zhejiang Non-metallic Minerals Engineering and Technology Research Center (ZD2015k06);Major Science and Technology Project of Wenzhou (ZG2017029)

Abstract:

Magnetic ZnFe2O4/halloysite composite (MHNTs) was synthesized by Sol-Gel process and its sorption behavior towards methylene blue (MB) was studied. Structure, morphology and magnetic property of MHNTs were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscope (TEM), fourier transfer infrared (FT-IR), and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). Static batch equilibrium method was used to investigate the adsorption behavior and mechanism of MB on MHNTs. The results show that ZnFe2O4 composites with 10~30 nm spinel type nanoparticles are well loaded on the surface of HNTs. The average grain size of nano-ZnFe2O4 is 19.1 nm calculated by Scherrer equation.MHNTs exhibit good paramagnetic and magnetic recovery properties. MB sorption of MHNTs follows pseudo-second order kinetic model and Langmuir thermodynamics model. MB sorption process is strongly affected by temperature, and higher temperature is beneficial for the adsorption of MB by MHNTs. Furthermore, MHNTs can be recovered effectively by magnetic field and the adsorption properties of MHNTs on 10 mg/L MB solutions hardly decreased after 5 times of repeated use.

 

Key words: ZnFe2O4, halloysite nanotubes, MB, adsorption, dynamics, thermodynamics

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