Preparation of porous hydroxyapatite and its application in Pb ions effective removal

Porous hydroxyapatite (HA) matrices with high porosity were prepared through a high temperature sintering method by using HA powder as raw material, polystyrene (PS) microspheres as pore-forming agents and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) solution as adhesive. The characterization of HA was carried out by a...

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Main Authors: Xiaohong Wang, Gang Wang, Alessandro Marchetti, Lin Wu, Laxia Wu, Yebin Guan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2019-02-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5086705
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Summary:Porous hydroxyapatite (HA) matrices with high porosity were prepared through a high temperature sintering method by using HA powder as raw material, polystyrene (PS) microspheres as pore-forming agents and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) solution as adhesive. The characterization of HA was carried out by a series of techniques including XRD, FT-IR, FESEM and BET, and showed that the morphology and structure of porous HA material were closely related to the amount of PS and PVA. The adsorption capability for Cu2+, Cd2+ and Pb2+ in aqueous solution showed that the porous HA possessed a selective and strong uptake of Pb2+ ions and the adsorption efficiency reached 99.8% in 10 min.
ISSN:2158-3226