Prospects for the Production and Application of New Zeolite-Like Sorption Materials for Waste Water Treatment in Railway Enterprises
The article presents the results of researches of zeolite modification in order to create sorbents for wastewater treatment from heavy metal ions. Zeolitive tuffs of deposit of the Zabaikalye Territory are considered as raw materials. It is proposed to modify zeolites with highly organosilicon compounds hexamethyldisilazane [(CH3)3Si]2NH and tetraethoxysilane (С2H5O)4Si, which leads to hydrophobization of the surface and an increase in adsorption capacity. A method for modifying the structure of natural zeolite with a sulfur-containing polymer obtained from waste products of epichlorohydrin, the main component of which is 1,2,3-trichloropropane, is described in more detail. A sulfur-containing polymer network is formed by using sulfur dissolution at room temperature in the monoethanolamine – hydrazine hydrate system and condensation with 1,2,3-trichloropropane. The result of applying a sulfur-containing polymer network is not only hydrophobization of the zeolite surface, but also the appearance of sulfur atoms in its composition, which increases the selectivity to heavy metal ions. Based on the obtained experimental data, the method of improvement the existing technologies for wastewater treatment at enterprises (railway transport) by introducing a deep post-treatment into the sorption unit scheme is proposed.