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Kinetics and thermodynamics studies on the adsorption of acid blue 193 dye onto pumpkin seed shell

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This study investigated the dye biosorption potential of pumpkin seed shell powder (PSP), a locally available and abundantly renewable agro-waste. The experiments were conducted under varying solution pH (pH 2–10), biosorbent concentrations (0.2–2.0 g L−1) and adsorbate concentrations (20 and 30 mg L−1). This study recorded the optimum dye adsorption at pH 2.0 and the sorption process was favoured at increasing solution temperature. Similarly, a rapid dye uptake was recorded within the first 10 min of adsorption due to the initial availability of a large number of surface active sites on the PSP. The adsorption capacity was significantly improved with a rise in the adsorbate concentration, due to an improved concentration-based driving force. Pseudo-first-order and Temkin models respectively gave a good description of the experimental kinetic and equilibrium data. The PSP was found to be an efficient biosorbent for the treatment of the specified wastewater.

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  1. Textile Research and Technology Institute, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt

    A. Hashem, S. Farag & A. A. Aly

  2. Department of Chemical Engineering, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, P.M.B. 5025, Awka, Nigeria

    Chukwunonso O. Aniagor

  3. Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Arab League, Cairo, 2033, Egypt

    Osama M. Morsy

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AH: project administration, supervision, conceptualization, data curation, writing—original draft, writing—review and editing. COA: conceptualization, data curation, writing—original draft, writing—review and editing. SF: investigation, formal analyses, data curation. OMM: investigation, formal analyses, data curation. AAA: investigation, formal analyses, data curation.

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Hashem, A., Aniagor, C.O., Farag, S. et al. Kinetics and thermodynamics studies on the adsorption of acid blue 193 dye onto pumpkin seed shell. Environmental Sustainability 6, 373–382 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42398-023-00285-6

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