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Chromium(VI) Removal Using Activated Thuja Occidentalis Leaves Carbon Powder – Adsorption Isotherms and Kinetic Studies

JCCT.
2020;
Volume 14, Number 3
: pp. 362 - 371
https://doi.org/10.23939/chcht14.03.362

This study investigates the capability of Thuja occidentalis leaves carbon powder (TOLC) as a viable adsorbent for the expulsion of chromium(VI) from aqueous solutions. By batch mode, the removal percentage of Cr(VI) is observed to be pH perceptive and furthermore relies upon the time of equilibration, amount of the TOLC adsorbent and Cr(VI) concentration. TOLC adsorbent before and after adsorption of Cr(VI) was characterized with FTIR, SEM and EDX. Adsorption isotherm results divulge that the Langmuir model was a better fit. The kinetic studies divulge that the pseudo-second-order model was the best fit. TOLC adsorbent can be easily regenerated and utilised for several adsorption/desorption cycles.

Thuja occidentalis leaves
Cr(VI) adsorption
adsorption isotherm
kinetics
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