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Coconut fiber was chemically modified by NaOCl/NaOH, and then was composited through a cross-linking reaction with glutaraldehyde. The chitosan/coconut fiber (CTS/CF) composite membranes were prepared at various ratios of coconut fiber (CF) and then tested to determine their ability to eliminate aqueous heavy metals. The results showed that CTS/CF composite membranes having CF ratio of 80 wt% exhibited good mechanical strength as 89.8 MPa. In the elimination experiment of heavy metal ions, the CTS/CF 20/80 also showed that the removal capacity of Cu (II) and Pb (II) were over 90%.
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Coconut fiber was chemically modified by NaOCl/NaOH, and then was composited through a cross-linking reaction with glutaraldehyde. The chitosan/coconut fiber (CTS/CF) composite membranes were prepared at various ratios of coconut fiber (CF) and then tested to determine their ability to eliminate aqueous heavy metals. The results showed that CTS/CF composite membranes having CF ratio of 80 wt% exhibited good mechanical strength as 89.8 MPa. In the elimination experiment of heavy metal ions, the CTS/CF 20/80 also showed that the removal capacity of Cu (II) and Pb (II) were over 90%.

FABRICATION AND CHARACTERISATION OF CHITOSAN/COCONUT FIBER COMPOSITE MEMBRANES FOR ELIMINATING CU2+ AND PB2+ FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS

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FABRICATION AND CHARACTERISATION OF CHITOSAN/COCONUT FIBER COMPOSITE MEMBRANES FOR ELIMINATING CU AND PB FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS

Coconut fiber was chemically modified by NaOCl/NaOH, and then was composited through a cross-linking reaction with glutaraldehyde. The chitosan/coconut fiber...

Sample	Ratio CTS:CF	SD (%)	EWC (%)	TS (MPa)
M1	100:0	6.3	41.6	45.6
M2	80:20	7.5	46.0	55.6
M3	20:80	10.1	52.5	89.8
M4	50:50	11.9	51.6	75.2

FABRICATION AND CHARACTERISATION OF CHITOSAN/COCONUT FIBER COMPOSITE MEMBRANES FOR ELIMINATING CU²⁺ AND PB²⁺ FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS

Article Category: research-article

Published Online: May 20, 2019

Page range: 163 - 169

Received: Oct 08, 2018

Accepted: Nov 30, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/acee-2019-016

Keywords
Chitosan, Coconut fiber, Membrane, Heavy metals

© 2019 Thi-Cam-Trang TRUONG; et al., published by Sciendo

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Physical properties of the CTS/CF composite membranes at various ratios of CF

FABRICATION AND CHARACTERISATION OF CHITOSAN/COCONUT FIBER COMPOSITE MEMBRANES FOR ELIMINATING CU2+ AND PB2+ FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS

Article Category: research-article

Published Online: May 20, 2019

Page range: 163 - 169

Received: Oct 08, 2018

Accepted: Nov 30, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/acee-2019-016

KeywordsChitosan, Coconut fiber, Membrane, Heavy metals

© 2019 Thi-Cam-Trang TRUONG; et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Figure 1.

Scheme 1.

Figure 2.

Figure 3.

Figure 4.

Figure 5.

Figure 6.

Physical properties of the CTS/CF composite membranes at various ratios of CF

FABRICATION AND CHARACTERISATION OF CHITOSAN/COCONUT FIBER COMPOSITE MEMBRANES FOR ELIMINATING CU²⁺ AND PB²⁺ FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS

Keywords
Chitosan, Coconut fiber, Membrane, Heavy metals