Extraction of some heavy metals using ionic liquid systems

Since the rise of industrialization, discharging of industrial wastewater containing heavy metals, such as from mining, agricultural plants, electronic waste, and pharmaceutical industries, has raised serious concerns due to their high toxicities to environment and the human body. Further, metal-con...

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Main Author: Kitagawa, Akiharu
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48777/
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description Since the rise of industrialization, discharging of industrial wastewater containing heavy metals, such as from mining, agricultural plants, electronic waste, and pharmaceutical industries, has raised serious concerns due to their high toxicities to environment and the human body. Further, metal-containing wastewater treatments are generally complicated, costly, and energy intensive. To combat such issues, ionic liquids have been investigated to simplify the wastewater treatment processes. The previous studies have shown potential uses of ionic liquids in separation of metal ions from aqueous solutions by means of a biphasic system. In this project, ionic liquids with quaternary triethylammonium cation and bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)amide anion were synthesized and compared to extract Co(II), Cu(II), Pb(II), and Hg(II) from aqueous phase. Two groups of ionic liquids containing alkane or ethylene glycol functional group were studied. To further enhance the extraction efficiency, 2-thenoyltrifluoroacetone was added to the ionic liquid systems. The outcome of the extractions and interaction of water, ionic liquids, and 2-thenoyltrifluoroacetone were analysed by ICP-OES, UV-vis spectroscopy, TGA analysis, and ATR-FTIR spectroscopy.
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spelling nottingham-487772025-02-28T13:57:03Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48777/ Extraction of some heavy metals using ionic liquid systems Kitagawa, Akiharu Since the rise of industrialization, discharging of industrial wastewater containing heavy metals, such as from mining, agricultural plants, electronic waste, and pharmaceutical industries, has raised serious concerns due to their high toxicities to environment and the human body. Further, metal-containing wastewater treatments are generally complicated, costly, and energy intensive. To combat such issues, ionic liquids have been investigated to simplify the wastewater treatment processes. The previous studies have shown potential uses of ionic liquids in separation of metal ions from aqueous solutions by means of a biphasic system. In this project, ionic liquids with quaternary triethylammonium cation and bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)amide anion were synthesized and compared to extract Co(II), Cu(II), Pb(II), and Hg(II) from aqueous phase. Two groups of ionic liquids containing alkane or ethylene glycol functional group were studied. To further enhance the extraction efficiency, 2-thenoyltrifluoroacetone was added to the ionic liquid systems. The outcome of the extractions and interaction of water, ionic liquids, and 2-thenoyltrifluoroacetone were analysed by ICP-OES, UV-vis spectroscopy, TGA analysis, and ATR-FTIR spectroscopy. 2018-07-19 Thesis (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en arr https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48777/1/MSc%20in%20Chemistry%20Thesis%20II.pdf Kitagawa, Akiharu (2018) Extraction of some heavy metals using ionic liquid systems. MSc(Res) thesis, University of Nottingham. heavy metals ionic liquids extraction
spellingShingle heavy metals
ionic liquids
extraction
Kitagawa, Akiharu
Extraction of some heavy metals using ionic liquid systems
title Extraction of some heavy metals using ionic liquid systems
title_full Extraction of some heavy metals using ionic liquid systems
title_fullStr Extraction of some heavy metals using ionic liquid systems
title_full_unstemmed Extraction of some heavy metals using ionic liquid systems
title_short Extraction of some heavy metals using ionic liquid systems
title_sort extraction of some heavy metals using ionic liquid systems
topic heavy metals
ionic liquids
extraction
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48777/