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Highly crystalline LSX zeolite derived from biosilica for copper adsorption: the green synthesis for environmental treatment

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Template-free Low Silica X (LSX) zeolite is known as environmentally-friendly zeolite in the application of wastewater treatment. It is one of the most open structures of 12-membered ring pores and contains a high number of cationic exchanged sites. The synthesis of LSX using agricultural byproducts even leads to a green and sustainable approach. This work suggests the optimized preparation method of LSX using the silica source solely from rice husk. Highly crystalline LSX zeolite (nSi/nAl = 1.03) is obtained in pure phase with high specific surface area of 798 m2 g−1 and total pore volume of 0.29 cm3 g−1. The green and cost-effective as-synthesized LSX shows a good potential adsorbent for heavy metal of copper(II) ions adsorption in aqueous solution with outstanding uptake capacity of 2.82 mmol g−1 or 179 mg g−1.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to gratefully thank to U-thong Biomass Company for providing the rice husk for conducting this research and P. Naruemitpanichkul for the help of experimental work.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok, Bangkok, 10800, Thailand

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  2. Center of Eco-Materials and Cleaner, King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok, Bangkok, 10800, Thailand

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Tontisirin, S. Highly crystalline LSX zeolite derived from biosilica for copper adsorption: the green synthesis for environmental treatment. J Porous Mater 22, 437–445 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10934-015-9912-1

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