title: Copper (II) adsorption by the extracellular polymeric substance extracted from waste activated sludge after short-time aerobic digestion.
abstract: The extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) extracted from waste activated sludge (WAS) after short-time aerobic digestion was investigated to be used as a novel biosorbent for Cu(2+) removal from water. The EPS consisted of protein (52.6 %, w/w), polysaccharide (30.7 %, w/w), and nucleic acid (16.7 %, w/w). Short-time aerobic digestion process of WAS for about 4 h promoted the productivity growth of the EPS for about 10 %. With a molecular weight of about 1.9 × 10(6) Da, the EPS showed a linear structure with long chains, and contained carboxyl, hydroxyl, and amino groups. The sorption kinetics was well fit for the pseudo-second-order model, and the maximum sorption capacity of the EPS (700.3 mg Cu(2+)/g EPS) was markedly greater than those of the reported biosorbents. Both Langmuir model and Freundlich model commendably described the sorption isotherm. The Gibbs free energy analysis of the adsorption showed that the sorption process was feasible and spontaneous. According to the complex results of multiple analytical techniques, including scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, etc., the adsorption process took place via both physical and chemical sorption, but the electrostatic interaction between sorption sites with the functional groups and Cu(2+) is the major mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Yangtze River Water Environment, Ministry of Education, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China.|State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Shanghai, 200092, China.
authors.forename: Zhiqiang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Yangtze River Water Environment, Ministry of Education, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China.|State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Shanghai, 200092, China.
authors.forename: Yun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, Shanghai Technical College of Urban Management, Shanghai, 200432, China.
authors.forename: Jiao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Shanghai, 200092, China. siqingxia@tongji.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Siqing
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Xia
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D000332:Aerobiosis; D003300:Copper / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry*; D012722:Sewage / Q000737:chemistry / Q000382:microbiology; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; D012722:Sewage; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D003300:Copper
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