MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR MARINE ENVIRONMENTALISTS, SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, ADMINISTRATORS, POLITICIANS AND LAWYERS, cilt.180, ss.1-13, 2022 (SCI-Expanded)
A novel adsorbent, 3-phenyl-1-(2-pyridyl)thiourea (PPTU) was synthesized and its adsorption capabilities were
studied for Cu(II), Cd(II), Ni(II), Pb(II) and Fe(II) cations in the waters such as tap and polluted seawaters. The
kinetics, Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms were discussed related to the adsorptions. The adsorption capacities
of PPTU were found 9.4; 12.6; 90.9; 57.1 and 30.4 mg g− 1 and preconcentration with PPTU including the FAAS
step yielded the LOQ values 0.46; 2.65; 1.12; 2.65 and 1.72 ng mL− 1 for Cu(II), Cd(II), Ni(II), Pb(II) and Fe(II),
respectively. The adsorbent after the elutions and washings could be reused three times in the next adsorptions.
The interferences on the adsorptions arising from the major cations of the seawater and the usability of PPTU for
interested metals in the seawater were discussed. The proposed method is simple with highly efficient and green
preconcentration procedure for trace analysis of the target metal ions