Abstract
Palm fruit husk, a lignocellulosic material, is an agricultural solid waste. Since raw palm fruit husk does not adsorb V (V), it was subjected to surface modification with a cationic surfactant cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB). The surface-modified palm fruit husk showed adsorption capability for V (V). The maximum adsorption of V (V) takes place at pH 4. Adsorption equilibrium data were fitted to Langmuir, Freundlich, and Dubinin Radushkevich (D-R) isotherm models. Kinetic studies showed that the adsorption data fit second-order kinetic model better than first order. Desorption of V (V) proved that it is feasible to recover V (V) from the spent adsorbent. Effect of coexisting anions like Molybdate, sulfate, nitrate, phosphate, and thiocyanate on the adsorption of V (V) was also studied and the foreign ions compete for the adsorption sites with V (V) anionic species. Quantitative removal of V (V) was achieved from synthetic wastewater.
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Abbreviations
- PFCTAB:
-
Surfactant-modified palm fruit husk
- qe :
-
Amount of adsorbate adsorbed at equilibrium time (mg g−1)
- k1 :
-
First-order rate constant (min−1)
- k2 :
-
Second order rate constant (g mg−1 min−1)
- C0 :
-
Initial concentration of adsorbate (mg L−1)
- Ce :
-
Adsorbate concentration at equilibrium time (mg L−1)
- Q0 :
-
Langmuir adsorption capacity (Langmuir constant) (mg g−1)
- RL :
-
Equilibrium parameter
- D-R:
-
Dubinin-Radushkevich
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The authors are grateful to the Dr. R. Prabhakaran, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India for CHN analysis. Also, they thank Dr. Subramanian Chitra, Head of the Department and Dr. Nalini D, Department of Chemistry, PSGR Krishnammal College for women, Coimbatore, India for the support rendered.
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Thamilarasi, M.J.V., Anilkumar, P., Theivarasu, C. et al. Removal of vanadium from wastewater using surface-modified lignocellulosic material. Environ Sci Pollut Res 25, 26182–26191 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-2675-x
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