title: Adsorption of acid dye onto activated carbons prepared from agricultural waste bagasse by ZnCl2 activation.
abstract: A series of activated carbons were prepared from agricultural waste sugarcane bagasse by chemical activation with zinc chloride (ZnCl2) as an activating agent at 500 degrees C and 0.5 h soaking time. The Langmuir surface area and total pore volume were used to estimate the average pore diameter of the carbon products. The values of the surface area and pore volume increased linearly with increase in the impregnation ratio (IR) up to 100 wt%. The adsorption capacities of the derived adsorbents for Acid Orange 10 were measured at 20 degrees C and 40 degrees C to gain further insights into the acidic surface oxides of the adsorbent from the results of Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy analysis and pH measurement. Adsorption isotherms of the acid dye on adsorbents prepared were determined and correlated with common isotherm equations. It was found that the Langmuir model appears to fit the isotherm data better than the Freundlich model. The physical properties of these adsorbents were consistent with the parameters obtained from the isotherm equations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Engineering and Health, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC. wwtsai@mail.chna.edu.tw
authors.forename: W T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Chien
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Hsieh
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D000383:Agriculture; D001391:Azo Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D002606:Charcoal / Q000737:chemistry; D002712:Chlorides / Q000737:chemistry*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000379:methods*; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013696:Temperature; D017967:Zinc Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001391:Azo Compounds; D002712:Chlorides; D017967:Zinc Compounds; D002606:Charcoal; C016837:zinc chloride