Kungur, Paula D. and Kukwa, Rose E. and Adie, Peter A. and Kukwa, Donald T. (2020) Aqueous Phase Adsorption of Pb (II) Ions onto Hymenoptera sphecidae (Mud-wasp) Nest. Asian Journal of Physical and Chemical Sciences, 8 (2). pp. 21-31. ISSN 2456-7779
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Abstract
Removal of Pb (II) ion from aqueous solution using Hymenoptera sphecidae (mud-wasp) nest was investigated using a batch process. The effect of pH, contact time and adsorbent dose were also investigated. The result showed that the adsorption of Pb (II) ion onto mud-wasp nest was dependent on pH, contact time and adsorbent dose. Adsorption patterns were analysed in terms of three bi-parameter isotherms of Langmuir, Freundlich and Temkin. Freundlich isotherm gave the best fit to the adsorption data with a correlation coefficient of 0.992, while monolayer sorption capacity yielded 41.667 mg/g. Lagergren’s pseudo first-order and pseudo second-order kinetic models were used to test the adsorption kinetics. The kinetic data were well described by the pseudo second-order kinetic model, suggesting that the process was chemisorption type. The results showed that mud-wasp nest can be used as a low-cost adsorbent for the removal of Pb (II) ion from aqueous solutions.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | Librbary Digital > Physics and Astronomy |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email support@librbarydigit.com |
Date Deposited: | 14 Apr 2023 09:58 |
Last Modified: | 07 Sep 2024 10:48 |
URI: | http://info.openarchivelibrary.com/id/eprint/323 |