Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4909481 | Journal of Saudi Chemical Society | 2016 | 7 Pages |
Adsorptive removal of a cationic dye - Rhodamine B - from aqueous solutions was achieved by the use of Animal Bone Meal as a new low cost adsorbent. Adsorption of Rhodamine B was occurred by studying the effects of contact time, adsorbent amount, dye concentration and temperature. Dye adsorption equilibrium was rapidly attained after 60Â min of contact time. The isotherms of adsorption data were analyzed by Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption isotherm models. The adsorption capacity (Qm) obtained from the Langmuir isotherm plots was 62.11, 63.69, 64.13 and 64.95Â mg/g, respectively at 303, 313, 323 and 333Â K. Thermodynamic parameters such as ÎH0, ÎS0 and ÎG0 were calculated, which indicated that the adsorption was spontaneous and endothermic nature. The characteristic results and dimensionless separation factors RL showed that Animal Bone Meal can be employed as an alternative to commercial adsorbents in the removal of Rhodamine B from aqueous solution and wastewater.