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Adsorption of chromium (VI) on functionalized and non-functionalized carbon nanotubes

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We did a comparative study on the adsorption capacity of Cr (VI) between functionalized carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and non-functionalized CNTs. The statistical analysis reveals that the optimum conditions for the highest removal of Cr (VI) are at pH 9, with dosage 0.1 gram, agitation speed and time of 120 rpm and 120 minutes, respectively. For the initial concentration of 1.0 mg/l, the removal efficiency of Cr (VI) using functionalized CNTs was 87.6% and 83% of non-functionalized CNTs. The maximum adsorption capacities of functionalized and non-functionalized CNTs were 2.517 and 2.49 mg/g, respectively. Langmuir and Freundlich models were adopted to study the adsorption isotherm, which provided a K L and K F value of 1.217 L/mg and 18.14 mg1−nLn/g functionalized CNT, while 2.365 L/mg and 2.307 mg1−nLn/g for non-functionalized CNTs. This result proves that functionalized CNTs are a better adsorbent with a higher adsorption capacity compared with the non-functionalized CNTs.

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  1. Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, 56000, Malaysia

    Raj Kogiladas Thines & Noor Rosyidah Sajuni

  2. Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 50603, Malaysia

    Natesan Subramanian Jayakumar

  3. Malaysia — Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Jalan Semarak, Kuala Lumpur, 54100, Malaysia

    Nabisab Mujawar Mubarak & Ezzat Chan Abdullah

  4. Department of Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Institut Teknologi Brunei, Tungku Gadong, P. O. Box 2909, Brunei Darussalam

    Jaya Narayan Sahu

  5. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 50603, Malaysia

    Poobalan Ganesan

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Mubarak, N.M., Thines, R.K., Sajuni, N.R. et al. Adsorption of chromium (VI) on functionalized and non-functionalized carbon nanotubes. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 31, 1582–1591 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-014-0101-8

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