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AuthorEl-Azazy, Marwa
AuthorEl-Shafie, Ahmed S.
AuthorIssa, Ahmed A.
AuthorAl-Sulaiti, Maetha
AuthorAl-Yafie, Jawaher
AuthorShomar, Basem
AuthorAl-Saad, Khalid
Available date2020-08-18T08:34:17Z
Publication Date2019
Publication NameJournal of Chemistry
ResourceScopus
ISSN20909063
URIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/4926240
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/15610
AbstractTreatment of wastewater is becoming a concern of an increasing prominence. Trace amounts of toxic metalloids and heavy metals (HMs) would contaminate large volumes of water. Being present as traces, removal of these ultratrace contaminants from wastewater is challenging. Adsorption of HMs onto raw (RPP) and burnt (BPP) potato peels (PP) is presented in the current treatise. Both adsorbents (RPP and BPP) proved to be efficient in removing Cd(II), Co(II), Cu(II), Fe(II), La(III), Ni(II), and Pb(II) from aqueous solutions. BPP was a more efficient adsorbent compared to RPP. Ecodesign of a model, green adsorbent was structured executing a multivariate approach, design of experiments (DoE). The purpose of using DoE is to maximize the efficiency of BPP (carbonaceous biomass) as a versatile adsorbent. Plackett-Burman design (PBD) was used as a screening phase. Four factors were considered: pH, contact time (CT), heavy metal concentration (HMC), and the adsorbent dose (AD). The Pareto chart of standardized effects shows that the most influential factor is the HMC. These data were confirmed by analysis of variance (ANOVA). Derringer's function was operated to find the best factorial blend that maximizes the adsorption process. The percentage (%) removal of Cd(II), for example, was maximized hitting 100%. Adsorbent surface characterization was performed using FTIR, BET, SEM, TGA/dTG, and EDX analyses. Adsorption was found to be physisorption that follows Temkin isotherm with sorption energy 66 kJ/mole. Adsorption kinetics was found to be pseudo-first-order. Adsorption capacity (q m ) for BPP was 239.64 mg/g. The diffusion inside the particles was very limited, while the initial rate of the adsorption was extremely high as shown by the Elovich plot. - 2019 Marwa El-Azazy et al.
Sponsor*is work was made possible by UREP award (UREP 20-116-1-020) from the Qatar National Research Fund (a member of the Qatar Foundation). *e statements made herein are solely the responsibility of the authors.
Languageen
PublisherHindawi Limited
SubjectBiosorption
Isotherms
Second-Order Model
TitlePotato Peels as an Adsorbent for Heavy Metals from Aqueous Solutions: Eco-Structuring of a Green Adsorbent Operating Plackett-Burman Design
TypeArticle
Volume Number2019
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