Sorption of lead from aqueous solution by chemically modified carbon adsorbents.
An indigenously prepared, steam activated and chemically modified carbon from husk and pods of Moringa oleifera (M. oleifera), an agricultural waste, was comparatively examined as an adsorbent for the removal of lead from aqueous solutions. Studies were conducted as a function of contact time, initial metal concentration, dose of adsorbent, agitation speed, particle size and pH. Maximum uptake capacities were found to be, 98.89, 96.58, 91.8, 88.63, 79.43% for cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB), phosphoric, sulfuric, hydrochloric acid treated and untreated carbon adsorbents, respectively. Bangham, pseudo-first- and second-order, intra-particle diffusion equations were implemented to express the sorption mechanism by utilized adsorbents. Adsorption rate of lead ions was found to be considerably faster for chemically modified adsorbents than unmodified. The results of adsorption were fitted to both the Langmuir and Freundlich models. Satisfactory agreement between the metal uptake capacities by the adsorbents at different time intervals was expressed by the correlation coefficient (R(2)). The Langmuir model represented the sorption process better than the Freundlich one, with R(2) values ranging from 0.994 to 0.998.
Nadeem
Muhammad
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Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, Punjab, Pakistan. nadeem_waterchemist@yahoo.com
Mahmood
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Shahid
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Shah
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Khalid
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D000327:Adsorption; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D000077286:Cetrimonium; D002593:Cetrimonium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D004058:Diffusion; D006851:Hydrochloric Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D007854:Lead / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008956:Models, Chemical; D029588:Moringa oleifera / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010316:Particle Size; D010756:Phosphoric Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D012996:Solutions / Q000737:chemistry; D013464:Sulfuric Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D013997:Time Factors
D002593:Cetrimonium Compounds; D010756:Phosphoric Acids; D012996:Solutions; D013464:Sulfuric Acids; D007854:Lead; D002244:Carbon; C030242:phosphoric acid; C033158:sulfuric acid; D006851:Hydrochloric Acid; D000077286:Cetrimonium