Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 97, Issue 3, Pages 488-493Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2005.02.050
Keywords
eggshell; eggshell membrane; pore property; FTIR; methylene blue adsorption
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The objective of this work was to study the chemical and physical characterization of eggshell and eggshell membrane particles prepared from the hen eggshell waste. Under the characterization measurements investigated, it was found that the pore structures of the two biomaterials belong to a typical Type II, indicating that they should be basically characteristic of nonporous materials or materials with macropores or open voids. Further, the chemical composition of the resulting eggshell particle was strongly associated with the presence of carbonate minerals from the Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra. In contrast to the resulting eggshell membrane particle, the presence of functional groups of amines and amides was observable because of its chemical composition of fibrous proteins. From the isotherm data of methylene blue at 25 degrees C, the Freundlich model yielded a somewhat better fit than the Langmuir model. The adsorption isotherms revealed the eggshell biosorbents could only uptake the basic dye of less than 1.0 mg/g in aqueous medium, which was attributed to their poor pore properties. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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