Biosorption of Fe (II) and Cd (II) ions from aqueous solution using a low cost adsorbent from orange peels

The peels from orange are less expensive biomaterials with excellent adsorption capacities. Orange peels were carbonized at 450 ºC, purified, activated with orthophosphoric acid and modified with citric acid to obtain Modified and Activated carbon which were used as low cost adsorbent to adsorb Cd(...

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Main Authors: G.B. Adebayo, A.A. Mohammed, S.O. Sokoya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Joint Coordination Centre of the World Bank assisted National Agricultural Research Programme (NARP) 2016-11-01
Series:Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management
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Online Access:https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jasem/article/view/147092
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author G.B. Adebayo
A.A. Mohammed
S.O. Sokoya
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description The peels from orange are less expensive biomaterials with excellent adsorption capacities. Orange peels were carbonized at 450 ºC, purified, activated with orthophosphoric acid and modified with citric acid to obtain Modified and Activated carbon which were used as low cost adsorbent to adsorb Cd(II) and Fe(II) metal ions. The effects of initial metal ions concentration; pH; temperature; contact time; and adsorbents dose on the removal of metal ions were investigated. The maximum adsorption occurs at 26 ºC and decreased with increase in temperature while optimum adsorption took place at pH of 6. Both the Fe-MOP and Fe-AOP system attained equilibrium in 60 minutes but Cd-MOP & Cd-AOP attained equilibrium at 45mins. The enthalpy 0f adsorption ranged from 2.48 KJ/mol to 14.418 KJ/mol and the entropy of adsorption ranged from -3.53 KJ/mol to 41.07 KJ/mol for both adsorbents (MOP and AOP). The kinetic studies showed that the adsorption process fitted well for pseudo-second order rate expression. Both MOP and AOP has much affinity for Fe(II) uptake than Cd(II) ion and the adsorption data fitted most into Freundlich but the highest adsorption capacity of 0.895 was obtained from Temkin. The presence of hydroxyl, alkyl, ether and aldehyde groups was confirmed by Infrared while the SEM shows porous surface characteristics suitable for adsorption. Keywords: Modified Orange peel, adsorbent dose, Isotherm, adsorption, Activated Orange peel
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spelling doaj.art-9a309fa1e99246a2ab28a71d6c791b2f2024-04-02T19:52:47ZengJoint Coordination Centre of the World Bank assisted National Agricultural Research Programme (NARP)Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management2659-15022659-14992016-11-0120310.4314/jasem.v20i3.25Biosorption of Fe (II) and Cd (II) ions from aqueous solution using a low cost adsorbent from orange peelsG.B. AdebayoA.A. MohammedS.O. Sokoya The peels from orange are less expensive biomaterials with excellent adsorption capacities. Orange peels were carbonized at 450 ºC, purified, activated with orthophosphoric acid and modified with citric acid to obtain Modified and Activated carbon which were used as low cost adsorbent to adsorb Cd(II) and Fe(II) metal ions. The effects of initial metal ions concentration; pH; temperature; contact time; and adsorbents dose on the removal of metal ions were investigated. The maximum adsorption occurs at 26 ºC and decreased with increase in temperature while optimum adsorption took place at pH of 6. Both the Fe-MOP and Fe-AOP system attained equilibrium in 60 minutes but Cd-MOP & Cd-AOP attained equilibrium at 45mins. The enthalpy 0f adsorption ranged from 2.48 KJ/mol to 14.418 KJ/mol and the entropy of adsorption ranged from -3.53 KJ/mol to 41.07 KJ/mol for both adsorbents (MOP and AOP). The kinetic studies showed that the adsorption process fitted well for pseudo-second order rate expression. Both MOP and AOP has much affinity for Fe(II) uptake than Cd(II) ion and the adsorption data fitted most into Freundlich but the highest adsorption capacity of 0.895 was obtained from Temkin. The presence of hydroxyl, alkyl, ether and aldehyde groups was confirmed by Infrared while the SEM shows porous surface characteristics suitable for adsorption. Keywords: Modified Orange peel, adsorbent dose, Isotherm, adsorption, Activated Orange peel https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jasem/article/view/147092Modified Orange peeladsorbent doseIsothermadsorptionActivated Orange peel
spellingShingle G.B. Adebayo
A.A. Mohammed
S.O. Sokoya
Biosorption of Fe (II) and Cd (II) ions from aqueous solution using a low cost adsorbent from orange peels
Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management
Modified Orange peel
adsorbent dose
Isotherm
adsorption
Activated Orange peel
title Biosorption of Fe (II) and Cd (II) ions from aqueous solution using a low cost adsorbent from orange peels
title_full Biosorption of Fe (II) and Cd (II) ions from aqueous solution using a low cost adsorbent from orange peels
title_fullStr Biosorption of Fe (II) and Cd (II) ions from aqueous solution using a low cost adsorbent from orange peels
title_full_unstemmed Biosorption of Fe (II) and Cd (II) ions from aqueous solution using a low cost adsorbent from orange peels
title_short Biosorption of Fe (II) and Cd (II) ions from aqueous solution using a low cost adsorbent from orange peels
title_sort biosorption of fe ii and cd ii ions from aqueous solution using a low cost adsorbent from orange peels
topic Modified Orange peel
adsorbent dose
Isotherm
adsorption
Activated Orange peel
url https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jasem/article/view/147092
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