Adsorption of Zn(II) ions from aqueous environment by surface modified Strychnos potatorum seeds, a low cost adsorbent

• Authors: P. Senthil Kumar
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The surface modified Strychnos potatorum seeds (SMSP), an agricultural waste has been developed into an effective adsorbent for the removal of Zn(II) ions from aqueous environment. The Freundlich model provided a better fit with the experimental data than the Langmuir model as revealed by a high coefficient of determination values and low error values. The kinetics data fitted well into the pseudo-second order model with the coefficient of determination values greater than 0.99. The influence of particle diffusion and film diffusion in the adsorption process was tested by fitting the experimental data with intraparticle diffusion, Boyd kinetic and Shrinking core models. Desorption experiments were conducted to explore the feasibility of regenerating the spent adsorbent and the adsorbed Zn(II) ions from spent SMSP was desorbed using 0.3 M HCl with the efficiency of 93.58%. The results of the present study indicates that the SMSP can be successfully employed for the removal of Zn(II) ions from aqueous environment.

Keywords

EN

adsorption; isotherms; kinetics; shrinking core model; Zn(II)

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Polish Journal of Chemical Technology
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 35-41

Dates

published

1 - 09 - 2013

online

20 - 09 - 2013

Contributors

author

P. Senthil Kumar

• SSN College of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Chennai, 603 110, India

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/pjct-2013-0041