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Characteristics of p-Xylene Adsorption using Functionalized Mesoporous Silica

관능기화 메조포러스 실리카를 이용한 파라자일렌 흡착 특성

  • 김상현 (대구대학교 공과대학 환경공학과) ;
  • 박종훈 (대구대학교 공과대학 환경공학과) ;
  • 강석태 (경희대학교 공과대학 토목공학과) ;
  • 정재우 (경남과학기술대학교 공과대학 환경공학과) ;
  • 김수홍 ((주)에스지알테크) ;
  • 조윤철 (대전대학교 공과대학 환경공학과) ;
  • 이채영 (수원대학교 공과대학 토목공학과)
  • Published : 2012.06.01
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Abstract

This study was designed to examine the feasibility of functionalized mesoporous silica as the adsorbent for benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene isomers (BTEX) in groundwater. p-Xylene was used as the model compound of BTEX. A series of functionalized mesoporous silica with MCM-41 type of structure was synthesized using a co-condensation method. Monoamine, triamine, nitrile, phenyl, and octyl groups were functionalized to the mesoporous silica structure. Adsorption sites for p-Xylene in a functionalized mesoporous silica were Si-O-Si covalent bond, the surfactant, and the functional group. Octyl-functionalized mesoporous silica with stearyltrimethylammonium chloride as a surfactant showed the highest adsorption ability. The maximum xylene adsorption capacity of the octyl-functionalized mesoporous silica with stearyltrimethylammonium chloride based on Langmuir model was 4.17 mmol/g on $20^{\circ}C$, which was 2.9 times higher than that of MCM-41.

본 연구에서는 지하수 내의 BTEX 제거를 위한 흡착제로서 다양한 관능기화 메조포러스 실리카를 검토하였다. BTEX 물질로는 파라자일렌이 사용되었다. 관능기화 메조포러스 실리카는 공중합을 통해 MCM-41 기반 구조에 모노아민, 트리아민, 니트릴, 페닐, 옥틸기를 부착하여 합성되었다. 관능기화 메조포러스 실리카에서 파라자일렌 흡착 부위로 작용하는 부위는 Si-O-Si 결합, 계면활성제, 관능기인 것으로 사료된다. 관능기화 메조포러스 실리카의 자일렌 흡착능을 비교한 결과, 옥틸기를 부착한 경우에 MCM-41에 비해 자일렌 흡착능이 향상되었으며, 계면활성제로는 stearyltrimethylammonium chloride(STMACl)가 cetyltrimethylammonium bromide(CTMABr)에 비해 우수하였다. MCM-41을 기본 구조로, 옥틸기를 관능기로, STMACl을 계면활성제로 사용한 메조포러스 실리카는 $20^{\circ}C$에서 Langmuir model 상에서 최대 4.17 mmol/g의 최대 흡착량을 가질 것으로 평가되었으며, 이는 MCM-41에 비해 약 2.9배 높은 수치였다.

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