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Evaluation of Cr (VI) ion removal from aqueous solution by bio-inspired chitosan-clay composite: Kinetics and isotherms

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1 Department Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh

2 National Institute of Textile Engineering and Research, Nayarhat, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh

3 Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh

Abstract

This paper reports the evaluation of adsorbing Cr (VI) ions on sorbent prepared from chitosan (CHT), a versatile derivative of chitin, and dodecyl amine modified locally available kaolinite clay (Bijoypur clay) (MC) that has excellent mechanical properties and great resistance to chemical and biological attack. The effect of the initial metal ion concentration, solution pH, contact time, and adsorbent dosages on the adsorption capacity of the composites was investigated. pH 4 is selected for better adsorption by the adsorbents. The adsorption abilities were studied over Cr (VI) ions using different adsorption isotherm such as Langmuir, Freundlich, and Dubinin-Radushkevich respectively. Langmuir isotherm is found better fitted with maximum adsorption capacity of 73 mg/g by composite SB-1. R2 obtained from Langmuir isotherm is 0.999 which indicates a monolayer adsorption on the adsorbent surface. The adsorption kinetics was also well described by the pseudo-second-order equation with a rate constant of 0.000302 g mg−1 min−1 at 25 ppm Cr(VI) concentration. The adsorption of Cr (VI) ions by the adsorbent were confirmed by FT-IR and X-RD analysis of the composites before and after Cr (VI) ion adsorption. The desorption percentage of the metal ion and the second cycle metal adsorption by regenerated (regenerated after the first adsorption by fresh adsorbent) adsorbent processed with 0.01N sulphuric acid shows a value of 78.23% and 68.12% respectively.

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Iranian Journal of Chemical Engineering(IJChE)
Volume 15, Issue 4
November 2018
Pages 63-80
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