• Carbon letters
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.152-161
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• 2011

Activated carbon was prepared from pre-carbonized petroleum coke. Textural properties were determined from studies of the adsorption of nitrogen at 77 K and the surface chemistry was obtained using the Fourier-transform infrared spectrometer technique and the Boehm titration process. The adsorption of three aromatic compounds, namely phenol (P), p-nitrophenol (PNP) and benzoic acid (BA) onto APC in aqueous solution was studied in a batch system with respect to contact time, pH, initial concentration of solutes and temperature. Active carbon APC obtained was found to possess a high surface area and a predominantly microporous structure; it also had an acidic surface character. The experimental data fitted the pseudo-second-order kinetic model well; also, the intraparticle diffusion was the only controlling process in determining the adsorption of the three pollutants investigated. The adsorption data fit well with the Langmuir and Freundlich models. The uptake of the three pollutants was found to be strongly dependent on the pH value and the temperature of the solution. Most of the experiments were conducted at pH 7; the $pH_{(PZC)}$ of the active carbon under study was 5.0; the surface of the active carbon was negatively charged. The thermodynamic parameters evaluated for APC revealed that the adsorption of P was spontaneous and exothermic in nature, while PNP and BA showed no-spontaneity of the adsorption process and that process was endothermic in nature.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제22권11호
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• pp.1433-1441
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• 2013

The adsorption ability of wood-based activated carbon to adsorb methylene blue (MB) and crystal violet (CV) from aqueous solution has been investigated. Adsorption studies were carried out on the batch experiment at different initial MB and CV concentrations (MB=150 mg/L~400 mg/L, CV=50 mg/L~350 mg/L), contact time, and temperature. The results showed that the MB and CV adsorption process followed the pseudo-second-order kinetic and intraparticle diffusion was the rate-limiting step. Adsorption equilibrium data of the adsorption process fitted very well to both Langmuir and Freundlich model. The maximum adsorption capacity ($q_m$) by Langmuir constant was 416.7 mg/g for MB and 462.4 mg/g for CV. The thermodynamic parameters such as ${\Delta}H^{\circ}$, ${\Delta}S^{\circ}$ and ${\Delta}G^{\circ}$ were evaluated. The MB and CV adsorption process was found to be endothermic for the two dyes.

• Carbon letters
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.212-220
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• 2012

Orange peel (OP) exhibits a sorption capacity towards anionic dyes such as reactive blue 19 (RB19). Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) as a cationic surfactant was used to modify the surface nature of OP to enhance its adsorption capacity for anionic dyes from an aqueous solution. Four adsorbents were investigated: the OP, sodium hydroxide-treated OP (SOP), CTAB-modified OP and CTAB-modified SOP. The physical and chemical properties of these sorbents were determined using nitrogen adsorption at 77 K and by scanning electron microscope and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy techniques. The adsorption of the RB19 dye was assessed with these sorbents at different solution pH levels and temperatures. The effect of the contact time was considered to determine the order and rate constants of the adsorption process. The adsorption data were analyzed considering the Freundlich, Langmuir, Elovich and Tempkin models. The adsorption of RB19 by the assessed sorbents is of the chemisorption type following pseudo-first-order kinetics. CTAB modification brought about a significant increase in RB19 adsorption, which was ascribed to the grafting of the sorbent with a cationic surfactant.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.3319-3326
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• 2014

Eosin yellow는 유용한 염료나 색소로 사용되지만 유해한 독성을 가진 물질이다. 본 연구에서는 활성탄을 사용하여 eosin yellow를 흡착하는데 필요한 흡착평형과 흡착동역학에 대하여 pH, 초기농도, 접촉시간 등을 변수로 하여 조사하였다. 등온흡착평형관계를 검토한 결과 평가된 Langmuir 상수값, $R_L$=0.067-0.083과 Freundlich 상수값 $\frac{1}{n}=0.237-0.267$로부터 활성탄에 의한 eosin yellow의 흡착조작이 적절한 처리방법이 될 수 있음을 알았고, Temkin 상수값, B=1.868-2.855 J/mol과 Dubinin-Radushkevich 식 상수값, E=5.345-5.735 kJ/mol로부터 흡착공정이 물리흡착공정임을 알았다. 흡착공정에 대한 동력학적 해석을 통해 반응속도식의 적용결과는 유사이차반응속도식이 유사일차반응속도식에 비해 일치도가 높은 것으로 나타났으며, 입자내확산식에 의해 흡착공정은 경계층확산과 입자내확산의 2단계로 진행되는 것을 알았다.

• Carbon letters
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• 제28권
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• pp.87-95
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• 2018

This study examined the influence of operating parameters on the electrosorptive recovery system of lithium ions from aqueous solutions using a spinel-type lithium manganese oxide adsorbent electrode and investigated the electrosorption kinetics and isotherms. The results revealed that the electrosorption data of lithium ions from the lithium containing aqueous solution were well-fitted to the Langmuir isotherm at electrical potentials lower than -0.4 V and to the Freundlich isotherm at electrical potentials higher than -0.4 V. This result may due to the formation of a thicker electrical double layer on the surface of the electrode at higher electrical potentials. The results showed that the electrosorption reached equilibrium within 200 min under an electrical potential of -1.0 V, and the pseudo-second-order kinetic model was correlated with the experimental data. Moreover, the adsorption of lithium ions was dependent on pH and temperature, and the results indicate that higher pH values and lower temperatures are more suitable for the electrosorptive adsorption of lithium ions from aqueous solutions. Thermodynamic results showed that the calculated activation energy of $22.61kJ\;mol^{-1}$ during the electrosorption of lithium ions onto the adsorbent electrode was primarily controlled by a physical adsorption process. The recovery of adsorbed lithium ions from the adsorbent electrode reached the desorption equilibrium within 200 min under reverse electrical potential of 3.5 V.

• Advances in environmental research
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.217-230
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• 2014

The large quantity of green cull bananas has the potential of being used industrially and, thereby, to improve banana economics and eliminate the large environmental problem presented by banana waste. Wastewaters from textile, cosmetics, printing, dying, food colouring, and paper-making industries are polluted by dyes. The adsorption of basic dye by waste banana pith was investigated by varying dye concentrations, adsorbent dose, particle size and agitation rate. The adsorption capacity was found to be maximum value of removal by using 0.1 g of sorbent with particle size 1mm at mixing speed 200 rpm for initial concentration 25 mg/l to reach value of approximate 89%. The Langmuir, Temkin and Freundlich adsorption models were used for mathematical description of the adsorption equilibrium and it was found that experimental data fitted very well to these models except Langmuir model. Adsorption of dye was applied on (pseudo-first and pseudo-second-order kinetics), and the experimental data was more fitted to pseudo second order. The results of this study showed that banana pith could be employed as effective and low-cost materials for the removal of dyes from aqueous solutions.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제58권4호
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• pp.624-634
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• 2020

The ability of natural and modified clay to adsorb phenol was studied. The clay samples were analyzed by different technical instruments, such as X-ray fluorescence (XRF), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and FT-IR spectroscopy. Surface area, pore volume and average pore diameter were also determined using B.E.T method. Up to 73 and 99% of phenol was successfully adsorbed by natural and activated clay, respectively, from the aqueous solution. The experiments carried out show that the time required to reach the equilibrium of phenol adsorption on all the samples is very close to 60 min. The amount of phenol adsorbed shows a declining trend with higher pH as well as with lower pH, with most extreme elimination of phenol at pH 4. The adsorption of phenol increases proportionally with the initial phenol concentration. The maximum adsorption capacity at 25 ℃ and pH 4 was 29.661 mg/g for modified clay (NaMt). However, the effect of temperature on phenol adsorption was not significant. The simple modification causes the formation of smaller pores in the solid particles, resulting in a higher surface area of NaMt. The equilibrium results in aqueous systems were well fitted by the Freundlich isotherm equation (R² > 0.98). Kinetic studies showed that the adsorption process is best described by the pseudo-second-order kinetics (R² > 0.99). The adsorption of phenol on natural and modified clay was spontaneous and exothermal.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.99-107
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• 2016

The adsorption of inorganic mercury, Hg (II), in aqueous solution has been investigated to evaluate the effectiveness of synthesized gold (Au) nanoparticle-coated silica as sorbent in comparison with activated carbon and Au-coated sand. The synthesis of the Au-coated silica was confirmed by x-ray diffraction (Bragg reflections at $38.2^{\circ}$, $44.4^{\circ}$, $64.6^{\circ}$, and $77.5^{\circ}$) and the Au loading on silica surface was $6.91{\pm}1.14mg/g$. The synthesized Au-coated silica performed an average Hg adsorption efficiency of ~96 (${\pm}2.61$) % with KD value of 9.96 (${\pm}0.32$) L/g. The adsorption kinetics of Hg(II) on to Au-coated silica closely follows a pseudo-second order reaction where it is found out to have an initial adsorption rate of $4.73g/{\mu}g/min/$ and overall rate constant of $4.73{\times}10^{-4}g/{\mu}g/min/$. Au-coated silica particles are effective in removing Hg (II) in aqueous solutions due to their relatively high KD values, rapid adsorption rate, and high overall efficiency that can even decrease mercury levels below the recommended concentrations in drinking water.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제21권7호
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• pp.667-674
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• 2020

활성탄에 의한 reactive orange 16 (RO 16) 염료의 흡착은 흡착제의 양, pH, 초기 농도, 접촉시간과 온도를 흡착변수로 사용하여 실험하였으며, 분리계수, 속도상수, 율속단계, 활성화 에너지, 엔탈피, 엔트로피, 자유에너지와 같은 공정 파라미터에 대해 조사하였다. RO 16의 흡착은 활성탄 표면의 양이온 (H⁺)과 RO 16이 가지고 있는 설포네이트 이온 및 수산 이온사이의 정전기적 인력으로 인해 pH 3에서 흡착율이 가장 높았다. 등온자료는 Langmuir, Freundlich 및 Temkin 등온식을 적용하였다. Freundlich 상수(1/n=0.398~0.441)와 Langmuir 분리계수(R_L=0.459~0.491)에 의해 활성탄에 의한 RO 16의 흡착조작은 적절한 제거방법임을 확인하였다. Temkin 식의 흡착에너지 (B_T=0.293~0.576 kJ/mol) 값으로부터 이 흡착공정이 물리흡착공정이라는 것을 알았다. 흡착 동력학 실험은 RO 16의 흡착이 유사이차반응속도식에 잘 맞는 것으로 나타났다. 흡착공정의 율속단계는 입자 내 확산 단계인 것이 확인되었다. 양수값의 엔탈피 변화는 물리흡착임을 나타냈다. 음수값의 깁스 자유에너지 변화는 온도가 올라갈수록 -3.16<-11.60<-14.01 kJ/mol 순으로 작아졌다. 따라서 RO 16의 흡착공정의 자발성이 온도가 증가할수록 높아진다는 것을 보여주었다.

• 분석과학
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.433-439
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• 2000

무정형 알루미나를 흡착제로 사용하여 니켈(II) 이온의 흡착거동을 조사하였다. 흡착반응속도에 관하여 실험한 결과, 두 단계 흡착, 즉 한 시간 이내 빠르게 진행되는 흡착과 그 이후에는 느리게 진행되는 흡착으로 구분되었다. 흡착등은 실험에서는 Langmuir-Freundlich 흡착식을 만족하였으며 PH가 높을수록 최대흡착량이 증가함을 보였다. 이온강도의 변화에 따른 흡착량의 변화를 조사한 결과 어떤 뚜렷한 경향성을 보이지 않은 것으로 보아 니켈(II) 이온의 흡착은 정전기적 상호작용이라기 보다는 표면착물형성으로 이루어짐을 추정할 수 있었다. 일정한 이온강도에서 세 가지의 니켈(II) 이온 농도에서 pH를 변화시키면서 흡착량을 측정한 결과 니켈(II) 이온의 농도가 높을수록 흡착률은 감소했으며 흡착변곡점은 보다 높은 pH쪽으로 이동하였다.