کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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6464745 | 1362211 | 2016 | 9 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
- Calcium peroxide (CaO2) nanoparticles of size 5-15Â nm were synthesized through precipitation route.
- CaO2 nanoparticle was used as an adsorbent for α-toluic acid removal from aqueous solution.
- Pseudo second-order model was found to be suitable to understand the adsorption kinetics.
- Thermodynamics show that α-toluic acid adsorption is favorable at low temperature.
- Adsorption equilibrium data was best represented by Langmuir isotherm.
- A mechanism for α-toluic acid adsorption onto CaO2 nanoparticle was proposed.
The present work addresses the kinetics, thermodynamics, and equilibrium of α-toluic acid adsorption onto calcium peroxide (CaO2) nanoparticles. CaO2 nanoparticles were synthesized by chemical precipitation method and characterized using XRD, TEM, and FT-IR. Characterization results confirmed that CaO2 nanoparticles were in the size range of 5-15 nm. The rate of α-toluic acid adsorption was determined by fitting the batch adsorption experimental data with pseudo first order, pseudo second order, Elovich, intra-particle diffusion, fractional power, and Bangham kinetic models. Amongst all models, the pseudo second order model showed good correlation with a rate constant, k2 = 8.53 Ã 10â5 g mgâ1 minâ1. Thermodynamic parameters (ÎG°, ÎH°, and ÎS°) showed that adsorption is more favorable at low temperature, and an exothermic process. The equilibrium data were analyzed with Langmuir, Freundlich, Temkin, Toth, and Radke-Prausnitz isotherms, and the best fit was observed with Langmuir isotherm suggesting monolayer and chemisorption of α-toluic acid. This was also confirmed from error analysis. On quantitative basis, the adsorption capacity of CaO2 nanoparticle adsorbent was found to be around 30% higher as compared to the conventional CaO2. Based on FT-IR analysis, a mechanism for α-toluic acid removal from aqueous solution using CaO2 nanoparticles was proposed.
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Journal: Advanced Powder Technology - Volume 27, Issue 5, September 2016, Pages 2112-2120