Journal
COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES
Volume 63, Issue 1, Pages 116-121Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2007.11.013
Keywords
copper; potato peels; adsorption; wastewater; kinetics
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A new sorbent potato peels, which are normally discarded as solid waste for removing toxic metal ion Cu(II) from water/industrial waste water have been studied. Potato peels charcoal (PPQ was investigated as an adsorbent of Cu(II) from aqueous solutions. Kinetic and isotherm studies were carried out by studying the effects of various parameters such as temperature, pH and solid liquid ratios. The optimum pH value for Cu(II) adsorption onto potato peels charcoal (PPQ was found to be 6.0. The thermodynamic parameters such as standard Gibb's free energy (Delta G degrees), standard enthalpy (Delta H degrees) and standard entropy (Delta S degrees) were evaluated by applying the Van't Hoff equation. The thermodynamics of Cu(II) adsorption onto PPC indicates its spontaneous and exothermic nature. The equilibrium data at different temperatures were analyzed by Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms.(c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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