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Adsorption of phosphate and nitrate anions on ammonium-functionnalized mesoporous silicas

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Surface modified mesostructured silica materials represent potential adsorbents offering an opportunity to remediate several important water pollutants. In the present work, ammonium-functionnalized MCM-41, MCM-48 and SBA-15 mesoporous silica materials were synthesized via post-synthesis grafting and co-condensation. Their efficiency to remove nitrate and phosphate anions in aqueous solutions was investigated. The adsorbent materials showed high adsorption capacities reaching 46.5 mg NO −3 /g and 55.9 mg H2PO −4 /g under the operating conditions explored. The mesoporous silica materials functionalized via post-synthesis grafting method exhibited higher performances in terms of percentage pollutant removal and adsorption capacities if compared to their analogs synthesized according to the co-condensation strategy.

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Funding provided by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) is gratefully acknowledged.

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    Rabih Saad, Safia Hamoudi & Khaled Belkacemi

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Saad, R., Hamoudi, S. & Belkacemi, K. Adsorption of phosphate and nitrate anions on ammonium-functionnalized mesoporous silicas. J Porous Mater 15, 315–323 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10934-006-9095-x

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