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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
Volume 26, Issue 23, Pages 23625-23637Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-05582-4
Keywords
Bio-sorption; Sterculia villosa Roxb; Shells; Physico-chemical activation; Chelation; Hexavalent chromium
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- IITG Start-up Research Grant [BSBESUGIITG01213xSEN001]
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This study reveals the efficient bio-sorption of Cr(VI) species from simulated wastewater using raw (RSV), acid-activated (PSV) and chelated-activated (PSV-C) Sterculia villosa Roxb. shells. Batch optimization experiments were carried out for determining the optimal pH, dosage of bio-sorbent, initial Cr(VI) concentration and incubation temperature. Physico-chemical alterations in the bio-sorbents prior and following bio-sorption of Cr(VI) species were characterized. Equilibrated experimental data at different temperatures was evaluated as a function of time for understanding the isotherm, kinetics and thermodynamics of the bio-sorption process. Sorption rates for all the bio-sorbents (RSV, PSV and PSV-C) alternately fitted to the Langmuir isotherm model and Langmuir maximum adsorption capacity for RSV, PSV and PSV-C were found to be 57.78, 163.51 and 188.68mg/g, respectively. Cr(VI) sorption by these bio-sorbents followed pseudo-second-order kinetics. Thermodynamic studies suggest endothermic interaction and increased degree of randomness between the bio-sorbents and Cr(VI) species. Regeneration of the bio-sorbents following sorption-desorption revealed that it can be reused and recycled for several times for Cr(VI) removal from wastewater.
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