Study on the mechanism of removing fluoride from wastewater by oxalic acid modified aluminum ash-carbon slag-carbon black doped composite

In this study, SAA@CS-CB(aluminum-ash carbide slag carbon black doped composite) was prepared by sintering method and modified by impregnation with oxalic acid to obtain SAA@CS-CBoa. Fluoride adsorption experiments were carried out using this composite as adsor-bent. With increasing pH values, the adsorption amount of fluoride decreases in the range of 2-11. The pseudo second order equation and Langmuir model were fit to the experimental data, and the adsorption of fluoride by SAA@CS-CBoa exhibited spontaneous and endothermic characteristics. When PO43-, CO32-, SO42-, Cl-, NO3-, Br- and HCO3- anions were individually or combined in solution, the adsorbents exhibited higher fluoride selectivity and sensitivity, while PO43-and CO32- weakened the adsorption of fluoride in solution in the same way regardless of the presence of the other 5 anions. The results of SEM, EDS, XRD and FTIR characterizations showed that the mechanism of fluoride adsorption and removal by SAA@CS-CBoa included the combined effects of electro-static attraction, surface coordination precipitation and ion exchange. SAA@CS-CBoa is an effec-tive composite material for water adsorption of fluoride, and still has an excellent performance of cyclic regeneration after 10 times adsorption desorption. This study provides a new approach for the utilization of fluoride removal resources for industrial solid waste resource recycling.(c) 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of King Saud University. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).