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Adsorption of perfluorooctanoic carboxylic and heptadecafluorooctane sulfonic acids via magnetic chitosan: isotherms and modeling

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This paper evaluates the adsorption mechanism of perfluorooctanoic carboxylic acid (PFCA) and heptadecafluorooctane sulfonic acid (HFOSA) on magnetic chitosan for the first time via a statistical physics modeling. Magnetic chitosan (MC-CoFe2O4) was produced from shrimp wastes and used in standard batch adsorption systems to remove PFCA and HFOSA. The experimental isotherms indicated that the maximum adsorption capacities ranged from 14 to 27.12 mg/g and from 19.16 to 45.12 mg/g for PFCA and HFOSA, respectively, where an exothermic behavior was observed for both compounds. The adsorption data were studied via an advanced model hypothesizing that a multilayer process occurred for these adsorption systems. This theoretical approach indicated that the total number of formed layers of PFCA and HFOSA adsorbates is about 3 (Nt = 2.83) at high temperatures (328 K) where a molecular aggregation process was noted during the adsorption. The maximum saturation-multilayer adsorption of PFCA and HFOSA on magnetic chitosan was 30.77 and 50.26 mg/g, respectively, and the corresponding adsorption mechanisms were successfully investigated. Two energies were responsible for the formed adsorbate layer directly on the surface and the vertical layers were computed and interpreted, reflecting that physical interactions were involved to bind these molecules on the adsorbent surface at different temperatures where the calculated adsorption energies ranged from 14 to 31 kJ/mol. Overall, this work provides theoretical insights to understand the adsorption mechanism of PFCA and HFOSA using the statistical physics modeling and its results can be used to improve the adsorbent performance for engineering applications.

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  1. CRMN, Centre for Research on Microelectronics and Nanotechnology of Sousse, NANOMISENE, LR16CRMN01, Code Postal 4054, Sousse, Tunisia

    Lotfi Sellaoui

  2. Laboratory of Quantum and Statistical Physics, Faculty of Sciences of Monastir, Monastir University, LR18ES18, Monastir, Tunisia

    Lotfi Sellaoui & Fatma Dhaouadi

  3. Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Ha’il, 81451, Ha’il, Saudi Arabia

    Fahad Abdulaziz

  4. Chemistry Department, College of Science, Taibah University, 42353, Madinah, Saudi Arabia

    Amal H. Alsehli

  5. Chemistry Department, College of Science, King Faisal University, 31982, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia

    Marwah M.Alsowayigh

  6. Research Group on Adsorptive and Catalytic Process Engineering (ENGEPAC), Federal University of Santa Maria, Av. Roraima, 1000-7, Santa Maria, RS, 97105–900, Brazil

    Guilherme Luiz Dotto, Kátia da Boit Martinello & Luis F. O Silva

  7. Global Institute for Water, Environment, And Health (GIWEH), 1210, Geneva, Switzerland

    Sami Rtimi

  8. Instituto Tecnológico de Aguascalientes, 20256, Aguascalientes, Mexico

    Adrian Bonilla-Petriciolet

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All the authors contributed to this work. Conception, design, and manuscript preparation have been performed by Lotfi Sellaoui, Fatma Dhaouadi, Fahad Abdulaziz, Amal H. Alsehli, and Marwah M. Alsowayigh. The correction of the manuscript was performed by Sami Rtimi and Adrian Bonilla-Petriciolet. The experimental part has been performed by Guilherme Luiz Dotto, Kátia da Boit Martinello, and Luis F.O Silva.

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Sellaoui, L., Dhaouadi, F., Abdulaziz, F. et al. Adsorption of perfluorooctanoic carboxylic and heptadecafluorooctane sulfonic acids via magnetic chitosan: isotherms and modeling. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 118410–118417 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-30600-x

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