کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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6477462 | 1362584 | 2017 | 20 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |

- High surface area commercial adsorbent used for Cd(II) and Pb(II) sorption.
- Kinetic profile indicated a rapid uptake within 30Â min for both metals.
- Kinetic modelling indicated pseudo-first order described Pb(II) and pseudo-second order described Cd(II) sorption.
- Langmuir model gave better description of Cd(II) and Pb(II) ions sorption.
In this study, cadmium and lead ions removal from aqueous solutions using a commercial activated carbon adsorbent (CGAC) were investigated under batch conditions. The adsorbent was observed to have a coarse surface with crevices, high resistance to attrition, high surface area and pore volume with bimodal pore size distribution which indicates that the material was mesoporous. Sorption kinetics for Cd(II) and Pb(II) ions proceeded through a two-stage kinetic profile-initial quick uptake occurring within 30 min followed by a gradual removal of the two metal ions until 180 min with optimum uptake (qe,exp) of 17.23 mg gâ1 and 16.84 mg gâ1 for Cd(II) and Pb(II) ions respectively. Modelling of sorption kinetics indicates that the pseudo first order (PFO) model described the sorption of Pb(II) ion better than Cd(II), while the reverse was observed with respect to the pseudo second order (PSO) model. Intraparticle diffusion modelling showed that intraparticle diffusion may not be the only mechanism that influenced the rate of ions uptake. Isotherm modelling was carried out and the results indicated that the Langmuir and Freundlich models described the uptake of Pb(II) ion better than Cd(II) ion. A comparison of the two models indicated that the Langmuir isotherm is the better isotherm for the description of Cd(II) and Pb(II) ions sorption by the adsorbent. The maximum loading capacity (qmax) obtained from the Langmuir isotherm was 27.3 mg gâ1 and 20.3 mg gâ1 for Cd(II) and Pb(II) ions respectively.
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Journal: Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering - Volume 5, Issue 1, February 2017, Pages 679-698