Efficient Chromium Abstraction from Aqueous Solution Using a Low-Cost Biosorbent: Nauclea diderrichii Seed Biomass Waste

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dc.contributor.authorOmorogie, Martins
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-02T14:14:17Z
dc.date.available2022-02-02T14:14:17Z
dc.date.issued2016-01-15
dc.descriptionThe authors acknowledge the support of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (TWAS-CAS) for providing fellowship to Martins O. Omorogie at the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China, where this research was carried out. This work was also supported in part by the Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21005023, 91123003) and the National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2011CB933401).en_US
dc.description.abstractToxic Cr(III) which poses environmental hazard to flora and fauna was efficiently abstracted by low-cost Nauclea diderrichii seed biomass (NDS) with good sequestral capacity for this metal was investigated in this study. The NDS surface analyses showed that it has a specific surface area of 5.36 m2/g and pHpzc of 4.90. Thermogravimetric analysis of NDS showed three consecutive weight losses from 50–200C (ca. 5%), 200–400C (ca. 35%), >400C (ca. 10%), corresponding to external water molecules, structural water molecules and heat induced condensation reactions respectively. Differential thermogram of NDS presented a large endothermic peak between 20–510C suggesting bond breakage and dissociation with the ultimate release of small molecules. The experimental data showed kinetically fast biosorption with increased initial Cr(III) concentrations, indicating the role of external mass transfer mechanism as the rate controlling mechanism in this adsorption process. The Langmuir biosorption capacity of NDS was 483.81 mg/g. The use of the corrected Akaike Information Criterion tool for ranking equilibrium models suggested that the Freundlich model best described the experimental data, which is an indication of the heterogeneous nature of the active sites on the surface of NDS.en_US
dc.identifier.citation55en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jscs.2012.09.017
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.run.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/978
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.subjectBiomassen_US
dc.subjectEquilibriumen_US
dc.subjectExternal Mass Transferen_US
dc.subjectKineticsen_US
dc.subjectAdsorptionen_US
dc.subjectWateren_US
dc.titleEfficient Chromium Abstraction from Aqueous Solution Using a Low-Cost Biosorbent: Nauclea diderrichii Seed Biomass Wasteen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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