Thermodynamic, Kinetic and Equilibrium Studies of Pb (II) Ions Adsorption Using Ordinary Clay/Rice Husk Ash Based Geopolymers
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Applied Chemistry (IOSR-JAC) - Year 2018, Vol 11, Issue 8
Abstract
One key global challenge is the existing disparity in water distribution resulting to millions of people lacking access to safe clean water. It is currently assessed that 1.1 billion individuals on the planet lacks access to improved quality water supplies. This is aggravated by the looming climate change and increased pollution threats posed by industrialization and population growth. Use of adsorbents for water treatment is preferable due to simplicity of the technique and cheap materials involved. Geopolymers can be easily synthesized hydrothermally using alumina and silica and possess amorphous surface for use as adsorbents. Clay minerals have been reported to contain alumina and silica and previous research show that rice husk ash as well contain substantial amounts of silica. Geopolymers can be easily synthesized hydrothermally using alumina and silica and possess amorphous surface that is useful for adsorption. Hence this work reports information on adsorption of Pb (II) using geopolymers GP-1, GP-2 and GP-3 synthesized with SiO2/Al2O3 ratios of 4.16, 4.18 and 8.29 respectively. Adsorption of metal ions was found to increase from 70.54%± 0.43 to 90.23% ± 0.04 with increase in Si/Al ratio from 4.16 to 8.29 in geopolymers. Equilibrium studies unveiled that experimental data for adsorption of Pb (II) ions best fitted in modified Langmuir Freundlich model. The adsorption capacities of 27.0, 79.58 and 209.9mg/g were obtained for GP-1, GP-2 and GP-3 respectively. Adsorption thermodynamics showed the process corresponded on spontaneous physiosorption activated by increase in temperature. Kinetic study on adsorption of Pb (II) ions onto clay based geopolymers was a Pseudo second order. This information may facilitate the development of optimized procedures for wastewater treatment, thus providing an alternative solution to environmental menace caused by heavy metal pollutants.
Authors and Affiliations
F. M. Maingi, M. M. Ng’ang’a, H. Mwangia, H. M. Mbuvi, A. Abdulhameed
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