[Preparation of magnetic quaternary chitosan salt and its adsorption of methyl orange from water].

First, quaternary chitosan salts with different substitution degrees were prepared in glycine hydrochloride ([Gly]Cl) ionic liquid. Nano-sized Fe3O4 powder was obtained through chemical co-precipitation method. And then, magnetic quaternary chitosan particles were prepared through inverse suspension cross-linking using Fe3O4 was the nucleus and glutaraldehyde as the cross-linking agent. The influence of different reaction conditions on adsorption was discussed. Adsorption of methyl orange (MO) by magnetic quaternary chitosan particles was studied through the static adsorption method. The results showed that at pH 3.0 and 25 degrees C the adsorption capacity varied from 37.45 mg x g(-1) to 277.5 mg x g(-1) with the MO concentration ranging from 20 mg x L(-1) to 150 mg x L(-1). The adsorption isotherm was fitted to the Freundlich model and the adsorption kinetics was fitted to the pseudo-second order kinetic isotherms capacity experiment. It was found that after the adsorbent was used for four times, its removal rate still exceeded 90%.