Effect of Anionic Surfactant on Adsorption Properties of Nano Calcium Carbonate

Because of its superior surface properties, nanocalcium carbonate can be applied to the adsorption of heavy metals in wastewater. However, because of the easy aggregation of nanocalcium carbonate, high surface energy and poor dispersibility in water, it is not conducive to the process of adsorption. Therefore, surface modification of nanocalcium carbonate is needed. In this paper, nanocalcium carbonate was prepared by liquid phase method. And the nanocalcium carbonate was surface modified by sodium dodecyl sulfate. The effects of modifier amount, modification temperature, and modification time on the activation and absorbance of nanocalcium carbonate were investigated. And the morphology and particle size of modified nanocalcium carbonate were tested by SEM and XRD patterns.The results show that the dispersion and surface activity of the modified nanocalcium carbonate have been improved remarkably. Moreover, the Cu2+ was adsorbed by sodium dodecyl sulfate modified nanocalcium carbonate and unmodified nanocalcium carbonate under the optimum modification conditions. And the effects of nanocalcium carbonate initial concentration on the adsorption performance were studied. The results show that the adsorption performance of modified calcium carbonate is better than that of the unmodified. Moreover, the adsorption process is studied by adsorption isotherm. By drawing the adsorption isotherms lines and by comparing the fitting result of the experimental data based on the Langmuir model and that of Freundlich model, it is found that the adsorption of Cu2+ by modified nanocalcium carbonate meets the Langmuir model.