Abstract
An efficient, selective, and inexpensive method for complete elimination of chlorophenols (CPs) from water has been established. The proposed procedure was based upon the use of n-tributyl phosphate (TBP)-plasticized iron(III) physically immobilized polyurethane foam (PUF) solid sorbent for complete removal of CPs from aqueous media at pH close to 0. The interaction of the complex ion [Fe(C6H5O)6]3- with protonated ether oxygen of the PUF sorbent forms ternary ion associate on/in the PUFs. The retention of 4-chlorophenol (4-C) and 2,4,6-trichlorophenol (TCP) by the TBP-treated iron(III)-immobilized PUF fitted well with the pseudo-second-order kinetic model with a rate constant (k) of 0.04 and 0.15 g (mg min)-1, respectively. The sorption of 4-CP was endothermic whereas the uptake of TCP was favorable at low temperature approving the exothermic and non-spontaneous characteristics of its uptake. The ΔS value for 4-CP reveals good affinity of the ion [Fe(C6H5O)6]3- towards the PUF sorbent.
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