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Biosorption of phenol by chicken feathers

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This work aimed at exploring the potential use of chicken feathers as a biosorbent for the removal of phenol from aqueous solutions. Batch kinetics and isotherm studies were performed to evaluate the effects of process parameters such as pH, temperature, initial phenol concentration, and sorbent concentration. Complete adsorption of phenol was noticed under certain process conditions. The adsorption of phenol increased with increasing initial phenol concentration, solution pH, temperature, and sorbent concentration. The adsorption equilibrium was well represented by the Freundlich and Langmuir adsorption isotherm models. The thermodynamic parameters obtained by means of the Langmuir model showed that the adsorption process was endothermic.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, 22110, Jordan

    Fawzi A. Banat & Sameer Al-Asheh

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Banat, F.A., Al-Asheh, S. Biosorption of phenol by chicken feathers. Environmental Engineering and Policy 2, 85–90 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100220000022

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