Surface interaction of sweet potato peels (Ipomoea batata) with Cd(II) and Pb(II) ions in aqueous medium

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chem Int

The removal of Cd(II) and Pb(II) ions from aqueous medium was studied using potato peels biomass. The adsorption process was evaluated using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS). The Vibrational band of the potato peels was studied using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). The adsorption process was carried out with respect to concentration, time, pH, particle size and the thermodynamic evaluation of the process was carried at temperatures of 30, 40, 50 and 60(0C), respectively. The FTIR studies revealed that the potato peels was composed of –OH, -NH, –C=N, –C=C and –C-O-C functional groups. The optimum removal was obtained at pH 8 and contact time of 20 min. The adsorption process followed Freundlich adsorption and pseudo second-order kinetic models with correlation coefficients (R2) greater than 0.900. The equilibrium adsorption capacity showed that Pb(II) ion was more adsorbed on the surface of the potato peels biomass versus Cd (II) ion (200.91 mg/g > 125.00 mg/g). The thermodynamic studies indicated endothermic, dissociative mechanism and spontaneous adsorption process. This study shows that sweet potato peels is useful as a low-cost adsorbent for the removal of Cd(II) and Pb(II) ions from aqueous medium.

Author(s):  
Khawla Ben Jeddou ◽  
Fatma Bouaziz ◽  
Fadia Ben Taheur ◽  
Oumèma Nouri-Ellouz ◽  
Raoudha Ellouz-Ghorbel ◽  
...  

Abstract Adsorption of direct red 80 (DR 80) and methylene blue (MB) from aqueous solutions on potato peels (PP) has been compared. The use of peels in decontamination technology is very promising given the near zero-cost for the synthesis of those adsorbents. The selected potato peels were first analyzed by scanning using electron microscopy (SEM) and Fourier transforms infra red spectroscopy (FTIR). Then the adsorption behavior was studied in a batch system. The adsorption process is affected by various parameters such as the solution pH (2–11), the initial concentration of the dye (20, 50, 100, 150 and 200 mg L−1), the adsorbent dose (0.1%–3%), the temperature (303.16 K, 313.16 K, and 323.16 K), agitation (up to 250 rpm), as well as the contact time. Adsorption isotherms of the studied dye on the adsorbent were determined and compared with the Langmiur, Freundlich and Temkin adsorption models. The results show that the data was most similar to the Freundlich isotherm (R2 = 0.99). The maximum adsorption capacities (Qmax) of MB and DR 80 by the PP at temperatures 303.16 K, 313.16 K and 323.16 K were found to be approximately 97.08 mg g−1; 45.87 mg g−1; 61.35 mg g−1 and 27.778 mg g−1; 45.45 mg g−1; and 32.258 mg g−1. The kinetic data was compared to the pseudo-first-order, pseudo-second-order, and intraparticle diffusion models. This revealed that adsorption of methylene blue onto PP abided mostly to the pseudo-second-order kinetic model. Calculations of various thermodynamic parameters such as enthalpy change (ΔH), entropy change (ΔS), and free energy change (ΔG) display the endothermic and spontaneous nature of the adsorption process.


2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-50
Author(s):  
Omar H. Fadhil H. Fadhil ◽  
Mohammed Y. Eisa ◽  
Dina Abdalrahman Salih ◽  
Ziad R. Nafeaa

    In this paper, the ability of using corn leaves as low-cost natural biowaste adsorbent material for the removal of Indigo Carmen (IC) dye was studied. Batch mode system was used to study several parameters such as, contact time (4 days), concentration of dye (10-50) ppm, adsorbent dosage (0.05-0.25) gram, pH (2-12) and temperature (30-60) oC. The corn leaf was characterized by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy device before and after the adsorption process of the IC dye and scanning electron microscope device was used to find the morphology of the adsorbent material. The experimental data was imputing with several isotherms where it fits with Freundlich (R2 = 0.9937) and followed pseudo second order kinetic. The highest removal percent was equal to 91% of the dye which makes the corn leaves a suitable efficient material for the removal of IC dye from aqueous solutions.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumanjit Kaur ◽  
Seema Rani ◽  
Rakesh Kumar Mahajan

The present work aims to investigate the removal of dye congo red from aqueous solutions by two low-cost biowaste adsorbents such as ground nut shells charcoal (GNC) and eichhornia charcoal (EC) under various experimental conditions. The effect of contact time, ionic strength, temperature, pH, dye concentration, and adsorbent dose on the removal of dye was studied. The kinetic experimental data were fitted to pseudo-first order, pseudo-second order, intraparticle diffusion, Elovich model, and Bangham’s model. Results imply that adsorption of congo red on these adsorbents nicely followed the second order kinetic model and maximum adsorption capacity was found to be 117.6 and 56.8 mg g−1for GNC and EC at 318 K, however it increases with increase in temperature for both adsorbents. Equilibrium isotherms were analyzed by Langmuir, Freundlich, Temkin, Dubinin and Radushkevich, and Generalized Isotherms. Freundlich isotherm described the isotherm data with high-correlation coefficients. The results of the present study substantiate that biowaste material GNC and EC are promising adsorbents for the removal of the dye congo red.


2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-152
Author(s):  
Shukraraj Regmi ◽  
Kedar Nath Ghimire ◽  
Megh Raj Pokhrel ◽  
Deba Bahadur Khadka

Chemically modified adsorbent based on Phragmities stem has been investigated by treating with concentrated sulfuric acid at 2:1 weight/volume ratio. The maximum loading capacity for Al(III) and Fe(II) onto phosphorylated charred Phragmities waste PCPW adsorbent was found to be 148 mg/g and 200 mg/g, while for Cr(VI) 200 mg/g, respectively, at their optimal pH. Similarly, it was 166.66 mg/g and 90.90mg/g for Al(III) and Fe(II) onto the charred Phragmities waste CPW, respectively. The adsorption process followed the Freundlich isotherm and pseudo-second order kinetic models. The desorption of the loaded metal ions recovery was found to be to the extent of 82%, 91% and 100% for Al(III), Fe(II) and Cr(VI), respectively.Journal of Institute of Science and Technology, 2015, 20(2): 145-152


2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 299-311
Author(s):  
Miada Benkartoussa ◽  
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Mossaab Bencheikh Lehocine ◽  
Sihem Arris ◽  
Hassen Abdeslam Meniai ◽  
...  

Adsorption of eriochrome black T (EBT) and rose bengal (RB) mixture from aqueous solutions was investigated using a mixture of low-cost biosorbents – 50 % of raw state potato peels and 50 % of raw state eggshell (M 50%). The surface charge distribution was determined by acid-base titration and the point of zero charge of the M 50% was found to be 8.5. The adsorbent materials were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. It was confirmed that M 50% was mainly composed of calcite and cellulose. The effect of various operating parameters such as contact time, pH, temperature, etc., was studied. The amount of the adsorption decreased when solution pH increased. The pseudo-second order kinetic model provided the best fit to the experimental data for the adsorption of EBT and RB. The obtained thermodynamic parameters indicate that the adsorption process is endothermic one. According to the obtained results, the new biosorbent may be recommended as an industrial adsorbent for the treatment of effluents containing EBT and RB.


Nanomaterials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahin Ahmadi ◽  
Leili Mohammadi ◽  
Abbas Rahdar ◽  
Somayeh Rahdar ◽  
Ramin Dehghani ◽  
...  

In the current work, neodymium oxide (Nd2O3) nanoparticles were synthesized and characterized by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The major aim/investigation of this research was to fit/model and optimize the removal of Acid Blue 92 (AB92) dye from synthetic effluents (aqueous solutions) using the adsorption process based on neodymium oxide (Nd2O3) nanoparticles. To optimize the adsorption conditions, central composite design (CCD) based on response surface methodology (RSM) was applied. The effects of pH (3–9), adsorbent dosage (0.1–1 g/L), initial concentration of AB92 (100–300 mg/L), and contact time (10–100 min) on the adsorption process were investigated. Apart from equilibrium and kinetic experiments, thermodynamic evaluation of the adsorption process was also undertaken. The adsorption process was found to have the best fitting to Langmuir isotherm model and pseudo-second-order kinetic equation. Also, the process was found to be spontaneous and favorable with increased temperature. The optimal conditions found were: pH = 3.15, AB92 concentration equal to 138.5 mg/L, dosage of nanoadsorbent equal to 0.83 g/L, and 50 min as contact time, which resulted in 90.70% AB92 removal. High values for the coefficient of determination, R2 (0.9596) and adjusted R2 (0.9220) indicated that the removal of AB92 dye using adsorption can be explained and modeled by RSM. The Fisher’s F-value (25.4683) denotes that the developed model was significant for AB92 adsorption at a 95% confidence level.


2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markandeya Tiwari ◽  
S. P. Shukla ◽  
D. Mohan ◽  
D. S. Bhargava ◽  
G. C. Kisku

The main objective of this investigation was to use modified cenospheres for the removal of disperse blue 79:1 (DB) and disperse orange 25 (DO) dyes from aqueous solution by batch adsorption process under different conditions (pH, adsorbent dose, adsorbate concentration, agitation speed, contact time, and temperature). Modified cenosphere was capable of removing up to 78% of DB and 81% of DO dyes from aqueous solutions of 40 mg/L dyes concentration. The investigated data was explained by the Langmuir isotherm. The experimental data were found to follow the pseudo-second-order kinetic model. The results of this study suggested that modified cenospheres could be used as a low-cost alternative to expensive adsorbents like activated carbon in wastewater treatment for the removal of disperse dyes.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Touzani ◽  
Kawtar FIKRI-BENBRAHIM ◽  
Hammou Ahlafi ◽  
Bouchaib Ihssane ◽  
Otmane Boudouch

Abstract Ziziphus lotus (Nbeg) is very common in Morocco where it occupies various ecosystems and presents different interests; however it remains devalued and knows recent deterioration due to the human pressure through clearing, wood collection, irrational cuts’ exploitation and overgrazing. This study aims to prepare activated carbon from the cores of this interesting biomaterial, for the first time to the best of our knowledge, according to a manufacturing process based on its chemical and thermal activation. The cores of Ziziphus lotus (Nbeg) were chemically activated by sulfuric acid (H2SO4, 98%) for 24h with a mass contribution (1:1), and then carbonized at a temperature of 500 °C for 2 hours. The obtained activated carbon was characterized by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and specific surface measurement. These characterization results showed an important porosity and a surface structure having acid groups and carboxylic functions. The adsorption of methylene blue (MB) was evaluated, by Langmuir and Freundlich models examination, in order to explain the adsorption efficiency in a systematic and scientific way. Also pseudo-first order and pseudo-second order kinetic models were used to identify the possible mechanisms of this adsorption process. The results showed that the MB adsorption process on activated carbon follows the Langmuir model and that the adsorption kinetic is best represented by kinetics data of the pseudo-second order model. Therefore, Z. lotus can be used as a low-cost available material to prepare a high quality activated carbon having a promising potential in the wastewater treatment.


2016 ◽  
Vol 73 (8) ◽  
pp. 2025-2030 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Kuśmierek ◽  
Katarzyna Zarębska ◽  
Andrzej Świątkowski

The potential use of raw hard coals as low-cost adsorbents for the removal of 4-chlorophenol (4-CP) from aqueous solutions was examined. The effect of experimental parameters such as the pH and salt presence was evaluated. The kinetic studies showed the equilibrium time was found to be 2 h for all of the adsorbents and that the adsorption process followed the pseudo-second order kinetic model. The adsorption isotherms of the 4-CP on the hard coals were fitted to the Langmuir, Freundlich, Langmuir–Freundlich, Sips and Redlich–Peterson equations. Based on the results obtained, hard coals appear to be a promising adsorbent for the removal of some hazardous water pollutants, like 4-CP and related compounds.


Water SA ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (4 October) ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Pan ◽  
Mingchuan Zhang ◽  
Xuehua Zou ◽  
Xuetong Zhao ◽  
Tianran Deng ◽  
...  

The objectives of this study were to modify Chinese natural zeolite by NaCl and to investigate its suitability as a low-cost clay adsorbent to remove ammonium from aqueous solution. The effect of Ph on ammonium removal was investigated by batch experiments. The findings indicated that Ph has a significant effect on the removal of ammonium by M-Zeo and maximum adsorption occurred at Ph 8. Ion exchange dominated the ammonium adsorption process at neutral Ph, with the order of exchange selectivity being Na+ > Ca2+ > K+ > Mg2+. The Freundlich model provided a better description of the adsorption process than the Langmuir model. The maximum ammonium adsorption capacity was 17.83 mg/g for M-Zeo at 293K. Considering the adsorption isotherms and thermodynamic studies, the adsorption of ammonium by M-Zeo was endothermic and spontaneous chemisorption. Kinetic studies indicated that the adsorption of ammonium onto M-Zeo is well fitted by the pseudo-second-order kinetic model. Ea in the Arrhenius equation suggested the adsorption of ammonium on M-Zeo was a fast and diffusion-controlled process. The regeneration rate was 90.61% after 5 cycles. The removal of ammonium from real wastewater was carried out, and the removal efficiency was up to 99.13%. Thus, due to its cost-effectiveness and high adsorption capacity, M-Zeo has potential for use in ammonium removal from aqueous solutions.


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