Adsorption of cupper (II) ion on heterogeneous surfaces of selected low-cost precursors; an application of isotherm, thermodynamic and kinetic models
Date
2015-01
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U. P.
Abstract
Cupper ions occur naturally in the environment and also prevalent in the waste from metal smelting industries through which it gets to the environment. Excessive intake of cupper results to adverse health effects on plant, animals and humans. The present study therefore studied the Adsorption of Cupper (II) ion on three activated bio-adsorbents; Unripe plantain peel, pineapple peel and commercial activated carbon. The activated carbons were characterized for surface morphology and functional groups for removal of Cupper (II) ion from aqueous solution. Batch process was adopted to study the time, temperature effect and isotherm equilibrium of Cupper (II) ion on. Adsorption of Cupper (II) ion on the three adsorbents got to equilibrium at between 80-100 minutes. Adsorption capacity of the three adsorbent was in this order at all temperature values; Unripe plantain peel greater than
pineapple peel and greater than commercial activated carbon. Adsorption of Cupper ion increased with temperature, adsorption got to its plateau at 45oC and began to decrease. Langumuir-freunlich and Dubini-Radushkevichmodels were applied to analyze the Isotherm data. Langumuir-freunlich described the data better than Dubini-Radushkevich. Also, Pseudo-first order, pseudo-second-order, and intra-particle diffusion models were applied to test the kinetic data, pseudo-second-order fitted the data better than pseudo-first order. Pore-pore particle diffusion was observed to be the controlling step.
Endothermic and non- spontaneous processes characterized Cupper ion adsorption on the three adsorbents .
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A research article on "adsorption of cupper (II) ion on heterogeneous surfaces of selected low-cost precursors". It contains graphs, pictures, tables and mathematical formulas.
Keywords
Adsorbent, Adsorption, Cupper models, Thermodynamics, Kinetics, Equilibrium, Department of Environmental Technology, Department of Chemistry
Citation
Uzoije, A. P., Okolie, J. I., Njoku, P. C. & Enwereuzo, U. (2015). Adsorption of cupper (II) ion on heterogeneous surfaces of selected low-cost precursors: an application of isotherm, thermodynamic and kinetic models, Journal of Multidisciplinary Engineering Science and Technology (JMEST). 2(1): pp. 20-29.