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Yang Y, Han T, Wang J. Ultrafast and highly efficient Cd(II) and Pb(II) removal by magnetic adsorbents derived from gypsum and corncob: Performances and mechanisms. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2024; 275:116265. [PMID: 38547730 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2024.116265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2024] [Revised: 02/19/2024] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024]
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The utilization of gypsum and biomass in environmental remediation has become a novel approach to promote waste recycling. Generally, raw waste materials exhibit limited adsorption capacity for heavy metal ions (HMIs) and often result in poor solid-liquid separation. In this study, through co-pyrolysis with corncob waste, titanium gypsum (TiG) was transformed into magnetic adsorbents (GCx, where x denotes the proportion of corncob in the gypsum-corncob mixture) for the removal of Cd(II) and Pb(II). GC10, the optimal adsorbent, which was composed primarily of anhydrite, calcium sulfide, and magnetic Fe3O4, exhibited significantly faster adsorption kinetics (rate constant k1 was 218 times and 9 times of raw TiG for Cd(II) and Pb(II)) and higher adsorption capacity (Qe exceeded 200 mg/g for Cd(II) and 400 mg/g for Pb(II)) than raw TiG and previous adsorbents. Cd(II) removal was more profoundly inhibited in a Cd(II) + Pb(II) binary system, suggesting that GC10 showed better selectivity for Pb(II). Moreover, GC10 could be easily separated from purified water for further recovery, due to its high saturation magnetization value (6.3 emu/g). The superior removal capabilities of GC10 were due to adsorption and surface precipitation of metal sulfides and metal sulfates on the adsorbent surface. Overall, these waste-derived magnetic adsorbents provide a novel and sustainable approach to waste recycling and the deep purification of multiple HMIs.
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- Yuhong Yang
- School of Water Conservancy, Henan Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation and Treatment, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou, Henan 450046, PR China
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- School of Water Conservancy, Henan Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation and Treatment, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou, Henan 450046, PR China
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- International Joint Laboratory of Henan Province for Environmental Functional Materials, Institute of Chemistry, Henan Academy of Sciences, Zhengzhou, Henan 450002, PR China.
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Li X, Lv X, Xiang L. Review of the State of Impurity Occurrences and Impurity Removal Technology in Phosphogypsum. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 16:5630. [PMID: 37629922 PMCID: PMC10456710 DOI: 10.3390/ma16165630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Revised: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 08/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023]
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A variety of co-existing impurities in phosphogypsum limit its large-scale and high-value utilization. This paper summarizes the common contents of major impurity components (silicon and phosphorus) and trace impurity components (fluorine, iron, aluminum, and carbon) in phosphogypsum and discusses the harm of impurity components to the comprehensive utilization of harmless phosphogypsum chemical resources. The occurrence status of impurity components in phosphogypsum and the research progress of various impurity removal technologies are summarized, and the effects of these impurity removal technologies on different contents of impurity components are evaluated. On this basis, the goal of improving the whiteness of phosphogypsum samples and the development of technology for further removal of impurities in phosphogypsum to improve the purity of the main content of calcium sulfate are speculated.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; (X.L.); (X.L.)
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Agrawal R, Bhagia S, Satlewal A, Ragauskas AJ. Urban mining from biomass, brine, sewage sludge, phosphogypsum and e-waste for reducing the environmental pollution: Current status of availability, potential, and technologies with a focus on LCA and TEA. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 224:115523. [PMID: 36805896 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.115523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2022] [Revised: 02/06/2023] [Accepted: 02/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Rapid industrialization, improved standards of living, growing economies and ever-increasing population has led to the unprecedented exploitation of the finite and non-renewable resources of minerals in past years. It was observed that out of 100 BMT of raw materials processed annually only 10% is recycled back. This has resulted in a strenuous burden on natural or primary resources of minerals (such as ores) having limited availability. Moreover, severe environmental concerns have been raised by the huge piles of waste generated at landfill sites. To resolve these issues, 'Urban Mining' from waste or secondary resources in a Circular Economy' concept is the only sustainable solution. The objective of this review is to critically examine the availability, elemental composition, and the market potential of the selected secondary resources such as lignocellulosic/algal biomass, desalination water, sewage sludge, phosphogypsum, and e-waste for minerals sequestration. This review showed that, secondary resources have potential to partially replace the minerals required in different sectors such as macro and microelements in agriculture, rare earth elements (REEs) in electrical and electronics industry, metals in manufacturing sector and precious elements such as gold and platinum in ornamental industry. Further, inputs from the selected life cycle analysis (LCA) & techno economic analysis (TEA) were discussed which showed that although, urban mining has a potential to reduce the greenhouse gaseous (GHG) emissions in a sustainable manner however, process improvements through innovative, novel and cost-effective pathways are essentially required for its large-scale deployment at industrial scale in future.
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- Ruchi Agrawal
- TERI-Deakin Nanobiotechnology Centre, Sustainable Agriculture Division, TERI Gram, The Energy and Resources Institute, Gwal Pahari, Gurugram, Haryana, 122103, India.
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA.
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- Department of Bioenergy, DBT-IOC Centre for Advanced Bioenergy Research, Research and Development Centre, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, Faridabad, Haryana, 121007, India.
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1512 Middle Dr, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA; Center for Renewable Carbon, Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries, The University of Tennessee Institution of Agriculture, 2506 Jacob Dr, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA; Joint Institute for Biological Sciences, Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA.
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Hossain MS, Ahmed S. Synthesis of nano-crystallite gypsum and bassanite from waste Pila globosa shells: crystallographic characterization. RSC Adv 2022; 12:25096-25105. [PMID: 36199888 PMCID: PMC9440379 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra04881g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2022] [Accepted: 08/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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For the first time, in this work, waste Pila globosa shells have been used to synthesize two industrially valuable materials, gypsum and bassanite. In the first stage, gypsum was synthesized using a wet chemical precipitation method. Subsequently, bassanite was produced by the heat treatment of gypsum at a certain temperature (200 °C), which was chosen after TGA and DSC analysis. The synthesized gypsum and bassanite phases were confirmed by XRD with the assistance of FTIR spectroscopy. Various crystallographic parameters of gypsum and bassanite were investigated, such as the crystallite size (a number of models were employed along with the Scherrer equation), crystallinity index, lattice parameters, unit cell volume, dislocation density, relative intensity, preference growth, specific surface area, microstrain (models were also engaged), and residual stress using the XRD-sin2 Ψ technique. For the first time, in this work, waste Pila globosa shells have been used to synthesize two industrially valuable materials, gypsum and bassanite.![]()
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- Md. Sahadat Hossain
- Institute of Glass & Ceramic Research and Testing, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), Dhaka-1205, Bangladesh
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- Institute of Glass & Ceramic Research and Testing, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), Dhaka-1205, Bangladesh
- BCSIR Laboratories Dhaka, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), Dhaka-1205, Bangladesh
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