Synthesis and application of a green surfactant for the treatment of water containing PFAS/ hazardous metal ions

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In this work, the effectiveness of a biodegradable and natural surfactant synthesized through a novel method has been studied through the ion flotation process to treat waters containing Per/Poly Fluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) and heavy-metal ions. This cysteine-based surfactant, which is environmentally acceptable, showed considerable solubility and foaming ability over a wide range of pH. It also could remove 97-99(%) of 5 mg/L of cadmium, chromium, copper, nickel, zinc, and manganese ions in a single batch physicochemical process. Moreover, for the first time, a foam fractionation method in association with using this cysteine-based surfactant was applied for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) removal from water. This surfactant was used as a co-surfactant and could readily remove 72% of PFOA (40 mg/L) from water. The characterization of the surfactant was undertaken using 1H NMR, FT-IR, elemental analysis, melting point, and determination of its critical micelle concentration (CMC). This environmentally friendly surfactant has high potential applications in green chemistry especially in the treatment of waters contaminated with PFAS/heavy-metal ions.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:407

Enthalten in:

Journal of hazardous materials - 407(2021) vom: 05. Apr., Seite 124800

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ziaee, Farzaneh [VerfasserIn]
Ziaee, Mohammad [VerfasserIn]
Taseidifar, Mojtaba [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Green surfactant
Hazardous metals
Health concern
Journal Article
PFAS
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Water pollution

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Date Completed 27.05.2021

Date Revised 27.05.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124800

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM319243044