ADSORPTION OF REACTIVE BLACK 5 FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTION BY ZEOLITE FROM COAL FLY ASH: EQUILIBRIUM AND KINETIC STUDIES
Zeolite synthesized from coal fly ash (ZC) and coal fly ashes (CC) were used as adsorbents to remove Reactive Black 5 (RP5) dye from aqueous solutions. The equilibrium time was reached after 420 min. The kinetics studies indicated that the adsorption followed the pseudo-second order kinetic and that surface adsorption and intraparticle diffusion were involved in the adsorption mechanism. The isotherm adsorption data fit accordingly to the Langmuir model for both adsorbents. The maximum adsorption capacities were 0.685 mg g-1 for RP5/ZC system and 0.577 mg g-1 for RP5/CC system. The efficiencies of adsorption were found to be between 47.7-88.1% for ZC and 65.4-99.6% for CC. The results indicate that zeolitic material is suitable as adsorbent for adsorption of reactive azodye from aqueous solutions.