KINETICS AND THERMODYNAMICS OF HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM ADSORPTION ONTO

ACTIVATED CARBON DERIVED FROM ACRYLONITRILE-DIVINYLBENZENE COPOLYMER

Dilek Duranoglua,, Andrzej W. Trochimczuk, Ulker Beker

a Yildiz Technical University, Chemical Engineering Department, Davutpasa Campus, Esenler
34210, Istanbul, Turkey Faculty of Chemistry, Wrocaw University of Technology, Wybrzeze
Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370, Wrocaw, Poland

The rate at which dissolved heavy metal ions are removed from aqueous solution by solid sorbents
is a significant factor for application in water quality control. For kinetic adsorption experiments, 500
mL of 30 mg/L Cr(VI) solution at pH 2 and 0.6 g/L AC (<150 _m) were contacted in a 1000 mL-
polyethylene-bottle on a thermostatic water bath with shaker at 130 rpm. The weight of AC was
equal the amount of AC required to remove 99% of Cr(VI) from the solution.

Samples collected from the bottle at definite time intervals were analyzed for residual Cr(VI). The
kinetic experiments were carried out at 22 C, 35 C, 45 C, 55 C and 65 C in order to investigate
the effect of temperature on adsorption rate and to calculate activation energy.
Tiempo de remocion 7h

HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM REMOVAL FROM AQUEOUS MEDIUM BY ACTIVATED CARBON

PREPARED FROM PEANUT SHELL: ADSORPTION KINETICS, EQUILIBRIUM AND
THERMODYNAMIC STUDIES
Batch adsorption studies were performed in a series of 100 mL conical, airtight Pyrex glass flasks.
Each flask was filled with 40 mL solution of Cr(VI) of desired concentration and adjusted to the
desired pH and temperature. A known amount of activated carbon was added to each flask and kept
in isothermal shaker (25 C) at 200 rpm until equilibrium was reached. Preliminary tests showed
that after 10 h, Cr(VI) concentration remain unchanged.

The allowed contact time was 24 h to reach the equilibrium. After this period, the solution was
filtered to remove the carbon particles and analyzed spectrophotometrically at the corresponding
_max for the concentration of Cr(VI) remained in the solution. The effect of pH on the adsorption of
Cr(VI) over a pH range of 210 was investigated. Cr (VI) adsorption was also studied in
concentration range of 10100 mg/L at different temperatures (20 C, 30 C, 40 C) to elucidate the
effect of temperature and adsorption thermodynamic parameters. The amount of Cr(VI) adsorbed
was calculated by the above method (Eq. (1)).

The amount of Cr(VI) adsorbed on oxidized and unoxidized carbons was studied as a function of
shaking time at three different initial concentrations (20, 30, 40 mg/L) of Cr(VI) at 25 C, 0.1 g of
adsorbent and desired pH. The results are given in Fig. 3(a) and (b), respectively. It is evident from
these figures that the adsorption of Cr(VI) increased with increase in contact time from 10 min to 7
h, then became slow up to 20 h and the saturation is almost reached in 24 h in case of both
oxidized and unoxidized samples. The nature and compactness of the adsorbent affected the
equilibrium time. The removal of Cr(VI) was found to be dependent on the initial concentration.

CHROMIUM VI ADSORPTION FROM SODIUM CHROMATE AND POTASSIUM

DICHROMATE AQUEOUS SYSTEMS BY HEXADECYLTRIMETHYLAMMONIUM-MODIFIED
ZEOLITE-RICH TUFF
N. Salgado-Gmez a,b,
Batch systems were used to determine the chromium adsorption kinetics by ZChHDTMA.
Centrifuge tubes with mixtures of 0.1 g o zeolite and 10 mL of Cr(VI) solution (8 mg/L of Cr(VI)-
Na2CrO4 or Cr(VI)-K2Cr2O7 at pH = 3.0) were spun at 200 rpm for various times (0.08, 0.16, 0.25,
0.50, 1.00, 2.00, 4.00, 6.00, 8.00 and 24.00 h) at room temperature. The liquid samples were
decanted, and the chromium concentration of each solution was determined by atomic absorption
spectrometry, as described earlier.