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Biosorption of Nickel from Industrial Wastewater using Zygnema sp.

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Contamination of water sources with heavy metals is a very important pollution problem in the current scenario. Biosorption is an effective method for the removal of heavy metal ions from wastewaters. In this study, the removal of Nickel(II) ions from electroplating industrial wastewater using biosorbent prepared from fresh water algal biomass Zygnema was investigated under batch mode. The sorption efficiency of nickel on Zygnema sp. was evaluated as a function of time, pH and sorbent dosage. The Nickel(II) uptake was dependent on initial pH with pH 3 being the optimum value. For 100 mg/L initial Nickel(II) concentration, sorption equilibrium was attained at a contact time of 100 min. The sorbent dosage affected the biosorption efficiency and maximum removal of 76.4 % was obtained at a dosage of 7.5 g/L. From the performance studies, algal biosorbent Zygnema is found to be a valuable material for the removal of Nickel from industrial wastewater and a better substitute for the conventional adsorbents.

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Abbreviations

X:

Weight of substance adsorbed

M:

Weight of adsorbent

Ce :

Concentration remaining in solution

R :

Gas constant (8.314 J/mol K)

T :

Absolute temperature, K

b & qmax :

Langmuir isotherm constants

Co :

Initial concentration of the adsorbate in solution

K:

Freundlich adsorption capacity

n:

Freundlich adsorption intensity

qt (mg/g):

Amount of adsorbate adsorbed at time (t), min

qe :

Biosorption capacity at equilibrium (mg/g)

k1 :

Pseudo-first-order rate constant, min−1

t:

Contact time, min

k2 :

Pseudo-second-order rate constant

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    Kanchana Sivaprakash, Adlin Blessi T.L. & Jeyanthi Madhavan

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Sivaprakash, K., Blessi T.L., A. & Madhavan, J. Biosorption of Nickel from Industrial Wastewater using Zygnema sp.. J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. A 96, 319–326 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40030-015-0131-1

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