Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Engineering, Infrastructure and Development, ICO-SEID 2022, 23-24 November 2022, Jakarta, Indonesia

Research Article

Removal of Cu2+ in solution by using composite of pyrite-alginate

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.23-11-2022.2339151,
        author={Muhammad Wahyu Nugraha and Muhammad Aziz bin Shamsul Ariffin and Suriati  Sufian and Dita  Floresyona and Nonni Soraya Sambudi},
        title={Removal of Cu2+ in solution by using composite of pyrite-alginate},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Engineering, Infrastructure and Development, ICO-SEID 2022, 23-24 November 2022, Jakarta, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICO-SEID},
        year={2023},
        month={12},
        keywords={cu2+ adsorption pyrite oxalate alginate},
        doi={10.4108/eai.23-11-2022.2339151}
    }
    
  • Muhammad Wahyu Nugraha
    Muhammad Aziz bin Shamsul Ariffin
    Suriati Sufian
    Dita Floresyona
    Nonni Soraya Sambudi
    Year: 2023
    Removal of Cu2+ in solution by using composite of pyrite-alginate
    ICO-SEID
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.23-11-2022.2339151
Muhammad Wahyu Nugraha1, Muhammad Aziz bin Shamsul Ariffin2, Suriati Sufian2, Dita Floresyona3, Nonni Soraya Sambudi3,*
  • 1: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
  • 2: Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Seri Iskandar, 32610 Perak, Malaysia
  • 3: Department of Chemical Engineering, Universitas Pertamina, Simprug, Jakarta Selatan 12220, Indonesia
*Contact email: nonni.ss@universitaspertamina.ac.id

Abstract

Heavy metals with high level of toxicity have negative impact on public health and the environment. In this research, Cu2+ as a type of heavy metal was removed by using synthesized oxalate pyrite-alginate beads as an adsorbent. Pyrite is abundant in nature, and considered to be an omnipresent mineral. It is then functionalized with oxalate to improve its colloidal stability and increase its surface charge. The impacts of bead amount on Cu2+ adsorption, initial Cu2+ concentration, and recyclability test are three parameters that were studied in batch adsorption experiments. The highest removal of Cu2+ can be achieved at 96.66% for 5 ppm Cu2+ solution using 3 g of oxalate pyrite-alginate beads. The beads still can maintain the adsorption efficiency of 66.4% after 5 cycles of usage. The adsorption is best fitted in Freundlich isotherm. Hence, the composite shows high potential for heavy metals removal, especially Cu2+ from aqueous environment.