Monodispersed poly(glycidyl methacrylate)(PGMA) microspheres with various amounts of amino groups(PGMA-NH2) were used to adsorb Au(Ⅲ) from simulated wastewaters. Gold nanoparticle-coated PGMA functional micro...Monodispersed poly(glycidyl methacrylate)(PGMA) microspheres with various amounts of amino groups(PGMA-NH2) were used to adsorb Au(Ⅲ) from simulated wastewaters. Gold nanoparticle-coated PGMA functional microspheres can be directly obtained via the adsorption process. The adsorption kinetics follows pseudo-second model, and 10 min is enough for reaching at equilibrium. The adsorption isotherm follows Langmuir model, and the adsorption amounts for Au(Ⅲ) are 8.25 and 21.75 mol·kg^-1 at 298 and 328 K, respectively. The relative separation coefficients between Au(Ⅲ), Pt(Ⅵ), Pd(Ⅱ)and Co(Ⅱ), Cu(Ⅱ); Ni(Ⅱ), Fe(Ⅲ) are all higher than 100 when 1 〈 pH 〈 3. Furthermore, the characterization analysis of X-ray diffraction(XRD), thermogravimetrydifferential scanning calorimetry(TG-DSC), scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive spectroscopy(SEM-EDS), transmission electron microscopy(TEM) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(FTIR) confirms that AuCl4^-has been reduced to Au^0 nanoparticles and deposited onto the surface of PGMA-NH2. The current work shows a good prospect for PGMA-NH2 to be a valid adsorbent for the recovery of gold and the possible fabrication of gold nanoparticles by reduction-deposition process without any reductant.展开更多
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51504073 and 51404081)the Joint Research Program of the Science and Technology Department of Guizhou Province(No.QianKeHe LH [2014] 7373)+1 种基金the Research Program of the Education Department of Guizhou Province (No.QianJiaoKeHe KY [2015]433)the Research Program of Talented Scholars of Guizhou Institute of Technology (No.XJG20141104)
文摘Monodispersed poly(glycidyl methacrylate)(PGMA) microspheres with various amounts of amino groups(PGMA-NH2) were used to adsorb Au(Ⅲ) from simulated wastewaters. Gold nanoparticle-coated PGMA functional microspheres can be directly obtained via the adsorption process. The adsorption kinetics follows pseudo-second model, and 10 min is enough for reaching at equilibrium. The adsorption isotherm follows Langmuir model, and the adsorption amounts for Au(Ⅲ) are 8.25 and 21.75 mol·kg^-1 at 298 and 328 K, respectively. The relative separation coefficients between Au(Ⅲ), Pt(Ⅵ), Pd(Ⅱ)and Co(Ⅱ), Cu(Ⅱ); Ni(Ⅱ), Fe(Ⅲ) are all higher than 100 when 1 〈 pH 〈 3. Furthermore, the characterization analysis of X-ray diffraction(XRD), thermogravimetrydifferential scanning calorimetry(TG-DSC), scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive spectroscopy(SEM-EDS), transmission electron microscopy(TEM) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(FTIR) confirms that AuCl4^-has been reduced to Au^0 nanoparticles and deposited onto the surface of PGMA-NH2. The current work shows a good prospect for PGMA-NH2 to be a valid adsorbent for the recovery of gold and the possible fabrication of gold nanoparticles by reduction-deposition process without any reductant.