期刊名称:Pakistan Journal of Analytical & Environmental Chemistry
印刷版ISSN:1996-918X
电子版ISSN:2221-5255
出版年度:2008
卷号:9
期号:2
页码:1-5
语种:English
出版社:National Centre of Excellence in Analytical Chemsitry
摘要:In the present studies the adsorption efficiency of peach nut shells for the removal of endosulfan from aqueous solutions has been investigated. The adsorption of endosulfan has been studied as a function of contact time,concentration and temperature. Maximum adsorption (95 ± 1%) was achieved for 0.24 × 10 −4 mol dm −3 of endosulfan solution,using 0.1 g of adsorbent in 20 ml of solution for 30 min agitation time at pH 6. The Freundlich and Langmuir isotherms fit the equilibrium data satisfactory and their constants,sorption intensity 1/n (0.36),multilayer sorption capacity Cm 6.5 ± 0.26 mmol g −1,and monolayer sorption capacity Q 0.27 ± 0.03 mmol g −1,have been evaluated.Thermodynamics parameters namely change in enthalpy ∆H,Gibbs free energy ∆G and entropy ∆S,were calculated. The negative values of ∆G and positive value of ∆H indicate that the adsorption process is spontaneous and endothermic in nature and positive value of entropy ∆S confirms the possibility of favorable adsorption. The developed adsorption method has been employed to surface water samples..