title: Characterization of carbons from olive cake by sorption of wastewater pollutants.
abstract: Studies has been conducted to compare the sorption properties between raw carbons made from olive cake and commercial activated carbons to remove aquatic pollutant such as heavy metal (HM), phenol (Ph), dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid-sodium salt detergent (DBSNa) and methylene blue dye (MB). Effect of acidic treatments by H2SO4, HCl and HNO3 on the sorption properties of olive cake carbon (OCC) were studied by mass titration, SEM photographs, sorption isotherms. It is found that acidic treatment changes the surface properties of OCC but do not enhance its sorption capacity. Compared to commercial activated carbons the OCC derivatives generally are equally able to uptake HM and Ph from solution but MB and DBSNa are not. This different behaviour is to attribute to manufacturing and activation treatments so as surface groups of the precursor sorbent material. For the heavy metals, chromium and silver were removed effectively but to small extent cadmium. This may be because of the various charge densities of metal elements tested. The results of the multiple experiments indicate that sorption of cadmium ions can be significantly improved by the presence of complexing agents sorbed from the carbon. An empirical mathematical form is proposed to correlate experimental data and to compare the performance of the different sorbent materials.
authors.affiliation: Dipart. di Chimica organica e biologica, Università degli Studi di Messina Salita Sperone 31, 98166 Messina, Italy. cimino@isengard.unime.it
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cimino
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Cappello
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Caristi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Toscano
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D001557:Benzenesulfonates / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005525:Food-Processing Industry; D006851:Hydrochloric Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008751:Methylene Blue / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D017942:Nitric Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D000069463:Olive Oil; D019800:Phenol / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010938:Plant Oils; D016062:Porosity; D013464:Sulfuric Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid; D014866:Waste Products; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D001557:Benzenesulfonates; D004396:Coloring Agents; D019216:Metals, Heavy; D000069463:Olive Oil; D010938:Plant Oils; D013464:Sulfuric Acids; D013501:Surface-Active Agents; D014866:Waste Products; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D019800:Phenol; D017942:Nitric Acid; C001114:dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid; D002244:Carbon; C033158:sulfuric acid; D006851:Hydrochloric Acid; D008751:Methylene Blue