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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
environmental science
Kinetic and thermodynamic studies of the adsorption of lead (II) ions onto phosphate-modified kaolinite clay
Journal of Hazardous Materials, Volume 144, No. 1-2, Year 2007
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This study is on the kinetics and thermodynamics of the adsorption of Pb2+ onto phosphate-modified and unmodified kaolinite clay obtained from Ubulu-Ukwu in Delta State of Nigeria. Increasing initial Pb2+ concentration increased the rate of Pb2+ adsorbed with increase in initial Pb2+ concentration from 300 to 1000 mg/L. Increasing Pb2+ concentration also increased the initial sorption rate h, from 1.404 to 13.11 mg g-1 min-1 for phosphate-modified kaolinite clay and 1.04-3.48 for unmodified kaolinite clay as Pb2+ concentration. Increase in temperature was found to increase the initial sorption rate of Pb2+ adsorption onto phosphate-modified adsorbent from 3.940 to 8.85 and 2.55 to 4.16 mg g-1 min-1 for the unmodified adsorbent. The overall sorption rate k, increased only slightly from 5.1 × 10-2 to 9.7 × 10-2 g mg-1 min-1 for phosphate-modified adsorbent, 3.8 × 10-2 to 5.4 × 10-2 g mg-1 min-1 for unmodified adsorbent. The adsorption reaction on both adsorbents was found to be chemically activated reaction and endothermic with energy of activation, E, at 500 mg/L of Pb2+ in solution as 19 and 10.68 kJ mol-1 for phosphate-modified and unmodified adsorbents, respectively. The positive values of both ΔH° and ΔS° obtained suggest an endothermic reaction and in increase in randomness at the solid-liquid interface during the adsorption of Pb2+ onto the adsorbents. ΔG° values obtained were all negative indicating a spontaneous adsorption process. The presence of Cd2+ decreased both initial sorption rate and the amount of Pb2+ adsorbed on phosphate-modified and unmodified adsorbents at equilibrium. The adsorption process follows a pseudo-second-order reaction scheme. © 2006.
Authors & Co-Authors
Unuabonah, Iyayi Emmanuel
Nigeria, Ibadan
University of Ibadan
Adebowale, Kayode Oyebode
Nigeria, Ibadan
University of Ibadan
Olu-Owolabi, B. I.
Nigeria, Ibadan
University of Ibadan
Statistics
Citations: 317
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.jhazmat.2006.10.046
ISSN:
03043894
Study Locations
Nigeria