Production of Cost-Effective Adsorbents from Native Materials

Authors

  • Bethrand Tabugbo Nwufo Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural sciences, University of Jos, Nigeria
  • Attah U Priscila Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural sciences, University of Jos, Nigeria
  • Emmanuel Usman Onche Department of Chemistry, College of Education, Nasarawa State, Nigeria

Abstract

The adsorption of methyl red by activated carbon produced from five native materials: Ram horn, plantain peels, Sugar cane chaff, Car tyre and Ram hair were studied invivo. Methyl orange was significantly adsorbed by all the activated carbons and the rate increased with time until equilibrium was reached after 24 h. The Freundlich’s adsorption parameters were determined to be 1.71 (plantain peel), 1.20 (car tyre), 1.14 (ram hair), 1.02 (sugar cane chaff) and 1.00 (ram horn). In this study, plantain peel has the highest adsorptive capacity while ram horn has the least. The order of adsorptive capacity is plantain peel>car tyre>ram hair>sugar cane chaff>ram horn. The use of these native materials as adsorbents will lead to cost efficiency and reduce operational cost.

Keywords:

Activated carbon, Native materials, Adsorbents, Methyl red, Freundlich, Carbonisation

Published

2014-04-15

How to Cite

Nwufo, B. T. ., Priscila, A. U., & Onche, E. U. . (2014). Production of Cost-Effective Adsorbents from Native Materials. International Journal of Chemistry and Materials Research, 2(4), 30–35. Retrieved from https://archive.conscientiabeam.com/index.php/64/article/view/1828

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 4 (2014)

Section

Articles