Material(b) Capacity (mg/g) N content (mmol/g) Fe content (mmol/g) Specific surface area(c) (m2/g) Pore size(c) (Å) Particle size(c) (µm)
Fe-EDA-SAMMS 157 ± 6 2.64 ± 0.06 0.224 ± 0.015 880 48 20-75
Fe-EDA-resin 126 ± 3 6.35(b) 0.053 ± 0.005 N/A N/A 194(d)
Fe-EDA-porous silica gel 66 ± 5 1.98 ± 0.02 0.113 ± 0.014 500(d) 60(d) 40-63(d)
Fe-PEI-fume silica 45 ± 5 6.97 ± 0.23 0.047 ± 0.001 200(e) N/A 0.2-0.3(e)
(a)Initial phosphate concentration of 3.0 g phosphate/L (from KH2PO4) in SIF (0.08 M NaCl, 0.03 M NaHCO3) pH 6.60, L/S ratio of 200 mL/g
(b)EDA-resin (StratoSpheresTM PL-EDA), EDA-porous silica gel (SiliaBond® Diamine), fumed silica (Cab-o-sil®)
(c)Specific surface area, pore size and particle size are of substrates.
(d)Data from manufacturer’s certificate of analysis
(e)Data from manufacturer’s product specification sheet
Table 3: Phosphate removal capacity of Fe-amine on various substrates(a).