Kinetic modelling for zinc (II) ions biosorption onto Luffa cylindrica
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Uyo, BeninCity, BeninCity (Nigeria)
The biosorption of Zinc (II) ions onto a biomaterial - Luffa cylindrica has been studied. This biomaterial was characterized by elemental analysis, surface area, pore size distribution, scanning electron microscopy, and the biomaterial before and after sorption, was characterized by Fourier Transform Infra Red (FTIR) spectrometer. The kinetic nonlinear models fitted were Pseudo-first order, Pseudo-second order and Intra-particle diffusion. A comparison of non-linear regression method in selecting the kinetic model was made. Four error functions, namely coefficient of determination (R{sup 2}), hybrid fractional error function (HYBRID), average relative error (ARE), and sum of the errors squared (ERRSQ), were used to predict the parameters of the kinetic models. The strength of this study is that a biomaterial with wide distribution particularly in the tropical world and which occurs as waste material could be put into effective utilization as a biosorbent to address a crucial environmental problem.
- OSTI ID:
- 22391326
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1653, Issue 1; Conference: APMAS 2014: 4. International Congress in Advances in Applied Physics and Materials Science, Fethiye (Turkey), 24-27 Apr 2014; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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GENERAL PHYSICS
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
DIFFUSION
ERRORS
FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETERS
INFRARED SPECTRA
NONLINEAR PROBLEMS
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
SORPTION
SURFACE AREA
ZINC IONS