Enhanced boron recovery by a new synthesized polyvinyl alcohol anchored gallic acid moiety via ethyl carbamate linker

ABSTRACT An innovative promising Gallic acid anchored poly vinyl alcohol via ethyl carbamate linker (PVA-EC-GA), was functionalized to extract boron from a tourmaline ore sample from Sikait area in South Eastern Desert of Egypt, which assaying 10.45% boron oxide. Specifications for PVA-EC-GA composite were accomplished by employing a variety of methods including XPS, FT-IR, EDX, BET, 1 H-NMR, TGA, 13C-NMR and GC-MS analyses, which assure an equitable prepare of PVA-EC-GA. Investigational measurements, namely: pH, agitation time, initial concentration of boron, composite dose, co-ions, temp. and agents of eluting, have been improved. At 25°C, pH 10, 20 min agitation and 0.0092 mol/L boron ions, PVA-EC-GA composite has an extreme uptake capacity of 43.75 mg per gram which is equivalent to 175 mg/L boron ions. From the isotherm modeling, Langmuir’s quite fitting the practical data. Conferring to kinetic modeling, pseudo-second order kinetic model well predicted the kinetics of boron ions adsorption by PVA-EC-GA giving a theoretical retention capacity of 43.86 mg/g. Thermodynamic prospects expose that the adsorption process was expected as an exothermic, spontaneous, and preferable adsorption at low temp. Boron ions can be eluted from the loaded composite, by 0.5 M H2SO4 with a 97% effectiveness