Amylopectin Regulated Mineralization of Calcium Carbonate and Its Application in Removing of Pb(II)

Abstract

As an ecological and environment‐friendly building material, sticky rice mortar has attracted the attention of many researchers. Amylopectin is the most important organic matter of it, which can improve the mechanical properties and durability of sticky rice mortar by inducing mineralization of calcium carbonate (CaCO3). However, amylopectin induced formation of CaCO3 has not been reported. In this paper, mineralization of CaCO3 induced by gelatinized amylopectin is investigated. For comparison, the different morphologies of CaCO3 are studied in the presence of Mg2+, Fe3+. Moreover, these CaCO3 products with different morphologies are used to clean the waste water. The results indicate that gelatinized amylopectin is conducive to formation of pumpkin‐like vaterite. It forms uniform rod and dumbbell‐shaped calcite in the presence of Mg2+, form calcite with stepped depressions in the presence of Fe3+. The adsorption of Pb(II) can reach extremely high level (1445.86 mg g−1) with the rod‐like calcite.