Isotherms of Zn 2+ ions adsorption by native and 3% H 2 SO 4 solution-treated leaves Acacia auriculiformis were plotted. The resulting isotherms processed using the Langmuir, Freundlich, Dubinin-Radushkevich Temkin models. It was found that these with earleaf acacia are most accurately described model modified Langmuir model. modification a solution contributes to an increase in maximum sorptio...

Biosorption process is a promising technology for the removal of heavy metals from industrial wastes and effluents using low-cost and effective biosorbents. In the present study, adsorption of Pb(2+), Cu(2+), Fe(2+), and Zn(2+) onto dried biomass of red seaweed Kappaphycus sp. was investigated as a function of pH, contact time, initial metal ion concentration, and temperature. The experimental ...

Jamil R. Memon, Saima Q. Memon, Muhammad I. Bhanger and Muhammad Y. Khuhawar 2 National Center of Excellence in Analytical Chemistry, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan Hi Tech Central Resource Laboratories, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Abst...

The present work represents the biosorption of Cd(II) and Pb(II) from aqueous solution onto the biomass of the blue green alga Anabaena sphaerica as a function of pH, biosorbent dosage, contact time, and initial metal ion concentrations. Freundlich, Langmuir, and Dubinin-Radushkevich (D-R) models were applied to describe the biosorption isotherm of both metals by A. sphaerica biomass. The bioso...

The chemically crosslinked metal-complexed chitosans were synthesized by using the ion-imprinting method from a chitosan with four metals (Cu(II), Zn(II), Ni(II) and Pb(II)) as templates and glutaraldehyde as a crosslinker. The influences of adsorption conditions, including molar ratios of crosslinker/chitosan and pH changes, were studied. They were used to investigate for comparative adsorptio...

The pore size distribution is the most important aspect in characterization of structural heterogeneity of porous materials. Different methods have been developed and applied for the characterization of this property, and the most often used is gas adsorption [1,2], while liquid phase adsorption is seldom used [3]. A modification of the Dubinin-Radushkevich pore filling by incorporation of the ...

The purpose of this study was to prepare nano-titanium tannate complex (TTC) and to investigate its adsorption capacity for removal of cationic dyes such as crystal violet (CV) dye. The morphology and the main elements of TTC adsorbent were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM-EDS), while its crystal structure was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD). Also, FT-IR spectroscopy ...

Rosaniline-grafted polyurethane foam (Ros-PUF) has been synthesized, by coupling polyether polyol, rosaniline, and toluene diisocyanate, and characterized, by use of UV–visible and IR spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis. The Ros-PUF was used as a new sorbent for extraction of trace amounts of Cd(II) and Hg(II) from water by batch and column techniques. Cd(II) and Hg(II) were completely ...

Samples of commercial activated carbons (AC) obtained from different sources: Norit E Supra USP, Norit B Test EUR, and ML (Baracoa, Cuba) were investigated. The adsorption of acetaminophen, Co = 2500 mg/L, occured in simulated gastric fluid (SGF) at pH 1.2 in contact with activated carbon for 4 h at 310 K in water bath with stirring. Residual acetaminophen was monitored by UV visible. The resul...

This study focused on the synthesis of silica-coated magnetic Fe3O4 (Fe3O4@SiO2) nanoparticles and their application for improvement vapor-phase adsorption benzene. The Fe3O4@SiO2 were synthesized according to co-precipitation method, while characterization was performed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface...