Adsorption isotherm, kinetic and mechanism studies of 2-nitrophenol on sedimentary phosphate

Authors

  • Hind Yaacoubi
  • Zuo Songlin
  • Mustapha Mouflih
  • Mina Gourai
  • Said Sebti

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13171/mjc.4.6/0151123/sebti

Abstract

Sedimentary phosphate (SP) was used as an adsorbent for the removal of 2-nitrophenol from aqueous solutions in an attempt to investigate (the feasibility of) its application (to) in wastewater purification.  The adsorbent was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), IR spectroscopy, Fluorescence X and BET.  The results indicated that the SP (was) is francolite (Ca10 (PO4,CO3)6F2) and mesoporous. The effect of the adsorption time and the pH of the solution were studied. The pseudo-first-order, pseudo-second-order and intraparticle diffusion models were used to fit adsorption data in the kinetic studies. The equilibrium isotherms were determined using the Langmuir, Freundlich and Dubinin-Radushkevich models. The results show that the Dubinin-Radushkevich isotherm had better agreement with the 2-nitrophenol adsorption on SP with a correlation coefficient of 0.98, an equilibrium adsorption capacity of 633 mg. g-1 and a corresponding contact time of 2 h. The results imply that intraparticle diffusion could be summarized as the basic rate-controlling mechanisms during 2-nitrophenol adsorption on SP.

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Published

2015-11-23

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Vol. 4 No. 6 (2015)

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Environmental Chemistry

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