Sorption study of methylene blue on activated carbon prepared from Jatropha curcas and Terminalia catappa seed coats | Zendy

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Sorption study of methylene blue on activated carbon prepared from Jatropha curcas and Terminalia catappa seed coats

Author(s) -

Ismaila Olalekan Saheed,

Folahan A. Adekola,

Gabriel Ademola Olatunji

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

journal of the turkish chemical society section a chemistry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179

H-Index - 6

ISSN - 2149-0120

DOI - 10.18596/jotcsa.287337

Subject(s) - chemistry , sorption , methylene blue , terminalia , activated carbon , langmuir adsorption model , nuclear chemistry , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , adsorption , langmuir , jatropha curcas , organic chemistry , chemical engineering , botany , catalysis , photocatalysis , engineering , biology

This research work targets the effectiveness of the prepared activated carbon from Jatropha curcas and Terminalia catappa seed coats for the sorption of methylene blue (MB) from aqueous solution. The prepared Jatropha activated carbon (JAC) and Terminalia activated carbon (TAC) were characterised using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Branauer- Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area analysis. Effect of initial concentration, pH, contact time, adsorbent dose and temperature on the sorption experiments were studied and the adsorption capacity of these adsorbents were found to be 37.84 mg/g and 17.44 mg/g for methylene blue uptake by JAC and TAC respectively. The experimental data were analysed using Langmuir, Fruendlich, and Dubinin-Radushkevich isotherms. The data fitted best into Langmuir isotherm for Methylene blue-JAC and Methylene blue-TAC systems. The kinetic studies fitted into pseudo second order kinetics model. The process chemistry was exothermic.

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