In-situ magnetic alginate coated chitosan core@shell beads with excellent performance in simulated and real wastewater treatment: Behavior, mechanisms, and new perspectives.

Int J Biol Macromol

Composites and Nanocomposites Center, Foundation of Advanced Science Innovation and Research MAScIR, Rabat Design Center, Madinat Al Irfane, Rabat, Morocco; Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Lot 660 Hay Moulay Rachid, Ben Guerir 43150, Morocco. Electronic address:

Published: March 2024

Herein, a new hybrid magnetic core@shell biocomposite was prepared based on an alginate-bentonite core and a chitosan shell layer (mAB@Cs) where magnetic FeO NPs (50.7 nm) were in-situ generated on the surface via a simple non-thermal co-precipitation approach. The biocomposite has a high ability to magnetically separate and remove organic (ciprofloxacin (CPX)) and seven toxic inorganic (Cu, Cd, Co, Ni, Pb, Zn, and Hg) contaminants from simulated wastewater. Experimental results showed a CPX monolayer chemisorption with a Langmuir maximum adsorption capacity of 264.7 mg/g, maintained effectiveness up to the fifth cycle, and high removal rates of heavy metals ranging from 74.89 % to 99.86 % corresponding to adsorption capacities ranging from 12 to 20 mg/g. For a more accurate evaluation, the biocomposite was tested on a real urban wastewater sample (RWW) and it has manifested a noteworthy efficiency in removing a mixture of inorganic pollutants in terms of potassium K and orthophosphate phosphorous P-PO, and organic matter in terms of biological oxygen demand (BOD) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) with 46 %, 90 %, 84 %, and 64 % removal efficiencies, respectively. On top of this, a high inactivation rate of E. coli of the order of 96 % was recorded, making the prepared magnetic biocomposite adept for the simultaneous removal of emergent wastewater pollutants, from organic, inorganic, to pathogen microorganisms.

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