Effective chromium removal of metal anchored alginate-chitosan binary bio-composites.

Water is the most essential resource for the biotic and abiotic components of an ecosystem. Any change in the quality of this water may cause adverse impact on the ecosystem. Hexavalent chromium is one such important pollutant that gets exposed in the water mainly through anthropogenic processes.

Fabrication of magnetic particles imprinted cellulose based biocomposites for chromium(VI) removal.

The present study was focused on Cr(VI) removal using eco-friendly materials like cellulose (Cel), hydrotalcite (HT), hydroxyapatite (HAp) and their composite forms. The cellulose/hydrotalcite (CelHT) and cellulose/hydroxyapatite (CelHAp) composites were synthesized by dispersing HT and HAp individually in cellulose polymeric matrix. To enhance the Cr(VI) sorption capacity (SC) and easy separation, cellulose supported magnetic composites namely iron-oxide coated cellulose/hydrotalcite (FeO@CelHT) and cellulose/hydroxyapatite (FeO@CelHAp) were synthesized by in situ fabrication method.

Synthesis of assorted metal ions anchored alginate bentonite biocomposites for Cr(VI) sorption.

Biocomposites were synthesized by dispersing bentonite (Bent) clay in a biopolymer namely alginate (Alg) and cross-linked with bi (Ca(2+)), tri (Ce(3+)) and tetravalent (Zr(4+)) metal ions viz., Ca@AlgBent, Ce@AlgBent and Zr@AlgBent composites respectively. The synthesized biocomposites were characterized by various instrumental techniques like FTIR, SEM and EDAX.

One pot synthesis of metal ion anchored alginate-gelatin binary biocomposite for efficient Cr(VI) removal.

Biopolymers are widely used for the removal of chromium from aqueous medium but it possesses limitations like poor sorption capacity and low stability. To overcome the limitations of biopolymers and to improve their properties, the present study was designed in such a way to develop a novel sorbent with enhanced chromium sorption capacity and better stability by synthesizing metal ion cross-linked binary biocomposites using biopolymers like alginate and gelatin cross-linked with Ca2+, Ce3+ and Zr4+ ions namely Ca@AlgGel, Ce@AlgGel and Zr@AlgGel composites. The functional groups, agglomeration, surface area, surface morphology, elemental analysis and thermal stability of the composites were investigated by FTIR, TEM, BET, SEM with EDAX and TGA analysis.

Synthesis of magnetic alginate hybrid beads for efficient chromium (VI) removal.

Recently magnetic bio-composites have attracted the attention of scientists because of their unique characteristics like selectivity and high sorption capacity. In the present study, Fe3O4@Alg-Ce magnetic composite beads were developed by incorporating Fe3O4 particles onto alginate (Alg) biopolymer followed by cross-linking with Ce(3+) ions. The synthesized magnetic beads were characterized using FTIR and SEM with EDAX analysis and utilized for chromium (VI) removal in batch mode.