Background
Rhenium is a rare metal with high melting point, is widely applied to high-temperature alloy production and catalysts of oil refineries, and high-tech fields such as electronics, astrogeology, radio medical diagnosis and the like, and has increasingly demanded rhenium in the market all over the world, but the content of the rhenium in the crust of the earth is very low (only 10 -7%). The rhenium mineral is mainly derived from molybdenite, but the molybdenite contains metallic molybdenum with similar chemical property and atomic radius to rhenium, and the rhenium only contains 200-800 ppm in the molybdenite. Therefore, it is very difficult to recover and separate rhenium in a low concentration (10 to 100 ppm) from the complex containing the coexisting metal ions, particularly molybdenum.
There are many current techniques for extracting and separating rhenium from molybdenum, such as pyrometallurgy, hydrometallurgy, solvent extraction and ion exchange. However, the solvent extraction method can release a large amount of organic solvents, and the pyrometallurgy method and the hydrometallurgy method generally have the problems of high cost and secondary pollution. Adsorption, however, has been increasingly utilized as another method for extracting and separating rhenium from molybdenum, and among them, biomass materials are favored for their sustainability, environmental safety, and low cost, such as aminated corn stalk gel, brown algae-based materials, and anion exchange resins, which have been reported for adsorption of rhenium, but few mention is made of separating rhenium and molybdenum in aqueous solution. Therefore, the development of a novel biological adsorbent with adsorption capacity equivalent to that of a commercial synthetic adsorbent, so as to overcome the difficulty of effectively separating rhenium in the presence of a large amount of molybdenum, has great significance and also brings great value to rhenium related industries and materials.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a protein-based adsorbent which is simple in preparation method and environment-friendly, has higher adsorption efficiency and selectivity for adsorbing metal rhenium, and provides application of the adsorbent.
The protein-based adsorbent used in the present invention is obtained by wrapping alkylamine or ammonium salt in a phase-transition aggregate formed by reducing protein with a reducing agent.
The alkylamine is any one of di-n-octylamine, triisooctylamine and the like, and the ammonium salt is any one of trimethyl trioctyl ammonium chloride, octyl trimethyl ammonium chloride and dodecyl trimethyl ammonium chloride.
The protein is one of lysozyme, lactalbumin, insulin, serum albumin (human, horse, cow, rabbit, mouse, sheep), serum, thyrolactoglobulin, transferrin, lactoferrin, fibrinogen, albumin, collagen, keratin, gastric protein, beta-lactoglobulin, myoglobin, and the reducing agent is one of tri (2-carboxyethyl) phosphorus hydrochloride, cysteine, and glutathione.
Dissolving protein in trifluoroethanol, standing for more than 24 hours, then adding alkylamine or ammonium salt, uniformly mixing, then adding a reducing agent solution, stirring the obtained mixed solution at 30-40 ℃ until the protein is converted into phase transition aggregates from a dissolving state, wrapping alkylamine or ammonium salt, centrifugally washing with deionized water, and freeze-drying to obtain the protein-based adsorbent.
In the preparation method, the concentration of the reducing agent in the mixed solution is 0.1-20 mg/mL, the concentration of the protein is 30-140 mg/mL, and the concentration of the alkylamine or ammonium salt is 5-80 mg/mL.
In the preparation method, the concentration of the reducing agent in the mixed solution is preferably 0.4-10 mg/mL, the concentration of the protein is preferably 50-80 mg/mL, and the concentration of the alkylamine or ammonium salt is preferably 10-50 mg/mL.
In the preparation method, the reducing agent solution is prepared by adding the reducing agent into water and adjusting the pH value to 7 by NaOH.
The protein-based adsorbent is applied to selectively adsorbing metal rhenium ions, wherein the metal rhenium ions are derived from any one of copper ore smelting smoke dust and waste residues, platinum group ore smelting smoke dust and waste residues, niobium ore smelting smoke dust and waste residues, zinc ore smelting smoke dust and waste residues and low-grade molybdenum ore waste liquid.
The beneficial effects of the invention are as follows:
The invention dopes alkylamine or ammonium salt in protein, and utilizes reducing agent to effectively reduce disulfide bond of protein to induce rapid self-assembly of protein, so as to obtain protein-based adsorbent. The adsorbent can adsorb metal rhenium ions in aqueous solution through the adsorption of amino residues on functional adsorption sites on amyloid protein aggregates or the selective action of quaternary ammonium groups of ammonium salts on the metal rhenium ions, has good selectivity and recycling property, and realizes the separation of rhenium ions and molybdenum ions under low concentration. Compared with the prior art, the protein-based adsorbent has high selectivity on rhenium ions, the preparation and use methods are simple and green, the obtained adsorbent can be recycled, and the problem of separating rhenium ions from molybdenum ions in industrial wastewater and ore leachate can be solved.
Detailed Description
The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the drawings and examples, but the scope of the present invention is not limited to these examples.
Example 1
300Mg of lysozyme was dissolved in 3mL of trifluoroethanol, placed in a 10mL glass bottle for 24 hours to prepare a lysozyme solution of 100mg/L, 1mL of 180mg/mL aqueous methyltrioctylammonium chloride solution was then added to the lysozyme solution, and shaking was carried out at 160rpm for 30 minutes, 0.3mL of 129mg/mL tris (2-carboxyethyl) phosphorus hydrochloride solution having a pH of 7 (prepared by dissolving tris (2-carboxyethyl) phosphorus hydrochloride in deionized water and adjusting the pH to 7 with 5mol/L aqueous sodium hydroxide solution) was further added, and the resulting mixed solution was stirred at 35℃for 4 hours to convert lysozyme from a dissolved state into phase-converted aggregate-coated methyltrioctylammonium chloride, and then centrifuged 3 times with deionized water at 5000rpm for 5 minutes at room temperature to remove tris (2-carboxyethyl) phosphorus hydrochloride, followed by freeze-drying for 24 hours to obtain a dry white powdery protein-based adsorbent.
Example 2
300Mg of lysozyme was dissolved in 3mL of trifluoroethanol, placed in a 10mL glass bottle for 24 hours to prepare a lysozyme solution of 100mg/L, 1mL of 180mg/mL aqueous solution of methyltrioctylammonium chloride was then added to the lysozyme solution, and the mixture was shaken at 160rpm for 30 minutes, and further 6mg/mL solution of tris (2-carboxyethyl) phosphorus hydrochloride of 0.3mLpH (prepared by dissolving tris (2-carboxyethyl) phosphorus hydrochloride in deionized water and adjusting pH to 7 with 5mol/L aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide) was added thereto, and the resulting mixed solution was stirred at 35℃for 4 hours to convert the lysozyme from a dissolved state into a phase-converted aggregate coated methyltrioctylammonium chloride, and then centrifuged 3 times at 5000rpm with deionized water for 5 minutes at room temperature to remove tris (2-carboxyethyl) phosphorus hydrochloride. After centrifugation, the material was freeze-dried for 24 hours to give a dry white powdery protein-based adsorbent.
Example 3
600Mg of bovine serum albumin was dissolved in 3mL of trifluoroethanol, placed in a 10mL glass bottle for 24 hours to prepare 200mg/L of bovine serum albumin solution, then 1mL of 180mg/mL aqueous solution of methyltrioctylammonium chloride was added to the bovine serum albumin solution, and shaking was carried out at 160rpm for 30 minutes, then 0.3mLpH of 129mg/mL solution of tris (2-carboxyethyl) phosphorus hydrochloride (prepared by dissolving tris (2-carboxyethyl) phosphorus hydrochloride in deionized water and adjusting pH to 7 with 5mol/L aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide) was added thereto, and the resulting mixed solution was stirred at 35℃for 4 hours to convert the bovine serum albumin from a dissolved state into phase-converted aggregates to encapsulate methyltrioctylammonium chloride, and then centrifuged 3 times with deionized water at 5000rpm for 5 minutes at room temperature to remove tris (2-carboxyethyl) phosphorus hydrochloride, and then freeze-dried for 24 hours to obtain a dry white powdery protein-based adsorbent.
Example 4
300Mg of lactalbumin was dissolved in 3mL of trifluoroethanol, placed in a 10mL glass bottle for 24 hours to prepare 100mg/L of lactalbumin solution, 1mL of 180mg/mL aqueous solution of methyltrioctylammonium chloride was then added, and shaking was carried out at 160rpm for 30 minutes, and then 0.3mLpH of 6mg/mL solution of tris (2-carboxyethyl) phosphorus hydrochloride (prepared by dissolving tris (2-carboxyethyl) phosphorus hydrochloride in deionized water and adjusting pH to 7 with 5mol/L aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide) was added, and the resulting mixed solution was stirred at 35℃for 4 hours to convert lactalbumin from a dissolved state into phase transition aggregates to encapsulate methyltrioctylammonium chloride, and then centrifuged 3 times at 5000rpm with deionized water for 5 minutes at room temperature to remove tris (2-carboxyethyl) phosphorus hydrochloride, and then freeze-dried for 24 hours to obtain a dry white powdery protein-based adsorbent.
Example 5
Dissolving 300mg of lysozyme in 3mL of trifluoroethanol, placing in a 10mL glass bottle for 24 hours to prepare a lysozyme solution of 100mg/L, adding 1mL of 60mg/mL of n-octylamine aqueous solution into the lysozyme solution, oscillating for 30 minutes at 160rpm, adding 0.3mLpH of 129mg/mL of tris (2-carboxyethyl) phosphorus hydrochloride solution (prepared by dissolving tris (2-carboxyethyl) phosphorus hydrochloride in deionized water and adjusting pH to 7 by using 5mol/L of sodium hydroxide aqueous solution), stirring and reacting the obtained mixed solution at 35 ℃ for 4 hours, converting the lysozyme into phase-converted aggregates to wrap n-octylamine, centrifuging for 3 times at 5000rpm with deionized water at room temperature for 5 minutes to remove the tris (2-carboxyethyl) phosphorus hydrochloride, and then freezing and drying for 24 hours to obtain a dry white powdery protein-based adsorbent.
Example 6
Application of protein-based adsorbent prepared in example 1 in selective adsorption of metal rhenium ions
1. Influence of pH on the Selective adsorption of Metal rhenium ions by protein-based adsorbents
After 5mL of 1mg/mL rhenium standard solution and 5mL of 1mg/mL molybdenum standard solution were uniformly mixed, the mixture was diluted with deionized water to a total concentration of rhenium ions and molybdenum ions of 0.01mg/mL, and then the diluted solution was adjusted to ph=1, ph=6, ph=10, ph=12 with 10mg/mL HNO 3 aqueous solution and 5mol/L NaOH aqueous solution, and 40mg of protein-based adsorbent was added per 10mL solution, respectively, and adsorbed at 298K for 24 hours. As can be seen from fig. 3, at ph=12, the separation effect of rhenium ions from molybdenum ions is optimal.
2. Influence of the amount of protein-based adsorbent added on the Selective adsorption of Metal rhenium ions
After 5mL of 1mg/mL of rhenium standard solution and 5mL of 1mg/mL of molybdenum standard solution were mixed uniformly, the mixture was diluted with deionized water until the total concentration of rhenium ions and molybdenum ions became 0.01mg/mL, and then the diluted solution was adjusted to pH=12 with 10mg/mL of HNO 3 aqueous solution and 5mol/L of NaOH aqueous solution, and then 5mg, 10mg, 20mg, 40mg, 60mg, 80mg, 100mg of protein-based adsorbent were added per 10mL of solution, respectively, and adsorbed at 298K for 24 hours. As can be seen from fig. 4 and 5, the adsorption effect on rhenium ions was best when the protein-based adsorbent was added in an amount of 10 mg.
3. Influence of rhenium and molybdenum concentration on the adsorption Performance of protein-based adsorbents
After 5mL of 1mg/mL of rhenium standard solution and 5mL of 1mg/mL of molybdenum standard solution were uniformly mixed, the mixture was diluted with deionized water to a total concentration of rhenium ion and molybdenum ion of 0.001mg/mL, 0.01mg/mL, 0.02mg/mL, and 0.05mg/mL, and then the diluted solution was adjusted to pH=12 with 10mg/mL of HNO 3 aqueous solution and 5mol/L of NaOH aqueous solution, and then 10mg of protein-based adsorbent was added per 10mL of solution, followed by adsorption at 310K for 24 hours. As can be seen from FIG. 6, the protein-based adsorbent showed the highest adsorption of rhenium ions at a total concentration of 0.01mg/mL of rhenium and molybdenum.
4. Influence of temperature on the Selective adsorption of Metal rhenium ions by protein-based adsorbents
After uniformly mixing 5mL of 1mg/mL rhenium standard solution and 5mL of 1mg/mL molybdenum standard solution, diluting with deionized water until the total concentration of rhenium ions and molybdenum ions is 0.01mg/mL, then adjusting the diluted solution to ph=12 with 10mg/mL HNO 3 aqueous solution and 5mol/L NaOH aqueous solution, adding 10mg of protein-based adsorbent per 10mL solution, and adsorbing at 298K, 310K, 333K for 24 hours, respectively. As can be seen from FIG. 7, the protein-based adsorbent has a good effect of adsorbing rhenium ions at 298-333K.
5. Effect of molybdenum concentration on Selective adsorption of Metal rhenium ions by protein-based adsorbents
Diluting 5mL of 1mg/mL of rhenium standard solution with deionized water to reach a rhenium ion concentration of 0.001mg/mL, diluting 5mL of 1mg/mL of molybdenum standard solution with deionized water to reach a molybdenum ion concentration of 0.001mg/mL, 0.1mg/mL, 0.2mg/mL, 0.5mg/mL, 0.8mg/mL and 1mg/mL respectively, then uniformly mixing 5mL of diluted rhenium standard solution with 5mL of molybdenum standard solution diluted to different molybdenum ion concentrations, obtaining solutions with rhenium ion and molybdenum ion mass ratios of 1:1, 1:100, 1:200, 1:500, 1:800 and 1:1000 respectively, adjusting the solutions to pH=12 by using 10mg/mL of HNO 3 aqueous solution and 5mol/L of NaOH aqueous solution, and adding 10mg of protein-based adsorbent per 10mL of solution, and adsorbing at 310K for 24 hours. As can be seen from FIG. 8, the adsorption rate of the protein-based adsorbent for rhenium ions was about 90%, while the adsorption rate for molybdenum ions was increased from only 5% of 0.001mg/mL to 15% of 1 mg/mL.
6. Practical application
Industrial wastewater containing molybdenum ions and rhenium ions was diluted 0, 100, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000, 10000 times with deionized water, respectively, and ph=12 was adjusted with 10mg/mL HNO 3 aqueous solution and 5mol/L NaOH aqueous solution, and 10mg of protein-based adsorbent was added per 10mL, and adsorbed at 310K for 24 hours. As can be seen from fig. 9, the adsorption rate of the protein-based adsorbent for rhenium ions is increased from 83% to 95% after the rhenium ions are diluted from 0 to 1000 times in industrial wastewater, the adsorption rate is close to 100% after the dilution is more than 1000 times, the adsorption rate of the molybdenum ions is gradually decreased from 20% to 10% after the dilution is 0 to 1000 times, and the adsorption rate of the protein-based adsorbent for rhenium ions is significantly higher than that of other metal ions, particularly molybdenum ions, after the dilution is 1000 times and further reaches below 5%.
And uniformly mixing the standard solution of rhenium with 1mg/mL and the standard solution of molybdenum with 1mg/mL according to the volume ratio of 1:1 to obtain the standard solution of rhenium and molybdenum. 10mg of the protein-based adsorbent of example 1 was directly poured into 10mL of a standard solution of rhenium and molybdenum for adsorption, the maximum amount of rhenium adsorbed per gram of adsorbent was 124mg/g, the separation coefficient (. Beta. Re/Mo) of metal rhenium ions was 2.78X10: 10 3, and the adsorption per unit area was 57.2 mg.g -1·m-2.