Adsorption of 4-chlorophenol from wastewater-based activated carbon prepared from Jatropha seed husks

Ahmed Qaid, F. and Danial Azzahari, A. and Yahaya, A.H. and Yahya, R. (2016) Adsorption of 4-chlorophenol from wastewater-based activated carbon prepared from Jatropha seed husks. Desalination and Water Treatment, 57 (1). pp. 294-302. ISSN 1944-3994, DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/19443994.2015.1035497.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19443994.2015.1035497

Abstract

The removal of 4-chlorophenol (4-CP) from aqueous solution using activated carbon (AC8) prepared from Jatropha seed husks by potassium hydroxide as activating agent at 800°C was investigated. The AC8 was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. Batch adsorption was carried out systematically. Experimental results showed that the removal of 4-CP increased with increase in the contact time, adsorbent dosage, and initial concentration of the 4-CP. The Freundlich model was a more suitable model for description of the adsorption isotherm than the Langmuir model. The pseudo-second-order model was better used to describe the adsorption kinetics than the pseudo-first-order model. The thermodynamic parameters such as ∆G°, ∆H°, and ∆S° were determined to describe the adsorption process of the system.

Item Type: Article
Funders: UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords: 4-Chlorophenol; Activated carbon; Jatropha seed husks; Adsorption; Isotherm; Kinetics; Thermodynamic
Subjects: Q Science > Q Science (General)
Q Science > QD Chemistry
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Department of Chemistry
Depositing User: Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim
Date Deposited: 08 Nov 2017 01:31
Last Modified: 08 Nov 2017 01:31
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/18151

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