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Surface Modified Agave sisalana as an Adsorbent for the Removal of Nickel from Aqueous Solutions - Kinetics and Equilibrium Studies

  • Padmini., E. (Dept of Chemical Engineering, A.C.Tech, Anna University) ;
  • Kalavathy, M. Helen (Dept of Chemical Engineering, A.C.Tech, Anna University) ;
  • Lima Rose, Miranda (Dept of Chemical Engineering, A.C.Tech, Anna University)
  • Received : 2008.03.31
  • Accepted : 2008.05.30
  • Published : 2008.06.30
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Abstract

In the present study Sisal fiber obtained from the leaves of Agave sisalana has been chosen to validate its viability as an adsorbent for the removal of Nickel from aqueous solutions. The material was also surface modified and its effect on adsorption of Nickel was also studied. Agave sisalana fiber was found to be a cheap and effective adsorbent doing away with the need to activate the material therby reducing processing cost. The equilibrium studies indicated that the adsorption capacity of raw fiber and the surface modified fiber was 8.66 and 9.77 mg/g respectively with the Langmuir isotherm describing the adsorption phenomena better than the Freundlich and Temkin isotherm. The adsorption was found to be exothermic from the thermodynamic studies and the kinetics showed that the adsorption phenomena were second order.

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