Removal of Copper (II) Ions from Aqueous Solutions by Adsorption with Low Cost Acid Activated Cynodon Dactylon Carbon | Zendy

U. Gayathri | Zendy; B. R. Venkatraman | Zendy; S. Arivoli | Zendy

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Removal of Copper (II) Ions from Aqueous Solutions by Adsorption with Low Cost Acid Activated Cynodon Dactylon Carbon

Author(s) -

U. Gayathri,

B. R. Venkatraman,

S. Arivoli

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

journal of chemistry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-9063

pISSN - 2090-9071

DOI - 10.1155/2011/435482

Subject(s) - cynodon dactylon , aqueous solution , adsorption , copper , freundlich equation , chemistry , inorganic chemistry , langmuir , cynodon , langmuir adsorption model , organic chemistry , agronomy , biology

The main purpose of this work was to exploit low cost and efficient sorbents for the removal of copper from aqueous solution using Cynodon dactylon carbon. It was observed from the experimental results that almost 90-100% copper can be removed from the aqueous solution. Adsorption kinetics and equilibrium have been investigated as a function of initial copper ion concentration. pH, contact time and adsorbent dosage. Kinetics studies suggested that the adsorption allowed first order reaction. Equilibrium data were analyzed using Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm models. On the basis of experimental results and the model parameters, it can be concluded that the carbonaceous Cynodon dactylon is effective for the removal of copper ion from aqueous solution.

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