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Title: | Application of central composite design in the Adsorption of Ca(II) on Metakaolin Zeolite | Authors: | Guyo, Upenyu Phiri, Lycenter Yard Chigondo, Fidelis |
Keywords: | Metakaolin zeolite Hydrated aluminosilicates Zeolites |
Issue Date: | 2017 | Publisher: | Hindawi Publishing Corporation | Series/Report no.: | Journal of Chemistry;p.1-10 | Abstract: | Metakaolin zeolite-A was synthesized from thermally activated kaolin clay and characterized by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and X-Ray Diffraction Spectroscopy. The effects of pH (2–10), contact time (10–180 min), initial concentration (5–120 mgL−1), and dosage (0.1–2 g) and their interactions were investigated using response surface methodology following a central composite design. Optimum removal (87.70%) was obtained at pH 6, contact time 180 min, initial concentration 40.0 mgL−1, and adsorbent dosage 1.0 g by Excel Solver using the GRG solving method. The adsorption data fitted best to the Langmuir model with correlation coefficient 𝑅2 = 0.993 and Chi-square value 𝜒2 = 4.76. The Freundlich isotherm gave a correlation coefficient 𝑅2 = 0.933 and 𝜒2 = 37.91. The adsorption process followed the pseudo-second-order model. The calculated thermodynamic parameters showed that the adsorption process was endothermic and not thermodynamically spontaneous. The studied zeolite-A can therefore be used as a promising adsorbent for the removal of Ca(II) ions from aqueous solutions. | URI: | https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jchem/2017/7025073/ http://hdl.handle.net/11408/3459 |
ISSN: | 2090-9063 |
Appears in Collections: | Research Papers |
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