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This study aims to investigate the single and binary biosorption of Cr(III) and Ni(II) by pine bark chemically treated with NaOH solution (MPB). The studies involved the effect of initial pH in the equilibrium, as well as kinetic uptake using synthetic solutions. Equilibrium tests were also conducted with an industrial effluent. The kinetic model of pseudo-second order described well the data of single and binary systems. The equilibrium data were better described by the Langmuir model for both metals. The maximum adsorption capacity (qmax) to single system was 31.4 and 23.7 mg/g for Cr(III) and Ni(II), respectively. To analyse the competitive sorption between chromium and nickel ions, the modified Langmuir and Freundlich models were tested for two different concentration (mEq/L) ratios Cr(III)/Ni(II) of 1:1 and 2:1. The modified Langmuir model is also the best to fit the experimental data for both syntetic and industrial effluents. In the synthetic effluent, the qmax value for Cr(III) in MPB was about 25 mg/g, while qmax for Ni(II) decreased from 12.4 to 5.5 mg/g. The results showed that Ni(II) did not significantly interfere in Cr(III) adsorption capacity, whereas Cr(III) decreased the uptake of Ni(II). The industrial effluent contains several species, and thus, the sorption capacities for Cr(III) and Ni(II) were significantly affected.
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Aline L. Arim gratefully acknowledge “Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (Cnpq)” by the financial support under the grant no. 201264/2014-5.
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Arim, A.L., Guzzo, G., Quina, M.J. et al. Single and binary sorption of Cr(III) and Ni(II) onto modified pine bark. Environ Sci Pollut Res 25, 28039–28049 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-2843-z
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