cr(vi) ions removal from aqueous solutions using natural adsorbents – ftir studies铬(vi)离子去除水解决方案使用天然吸附剂-红外光谱研究.pdfVIP

Journal of Environmental Protection, 2011, 2, 729-735 729 doi:10.4236/jep.2011.26084 Published Online August 2011 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/jep) Cr(VI) Ions Removal from Aqueous Solutions Using Natural Adsorbents—FTIR Studies Biswajit Singha, Tarun Kumar Naiya, Ashim Kumar Bhattacharya, Sudip Kumar Das Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India. Email: drsudipkdas@ Received March 22nd, 2011; revised May 6th, 2011; accepted June 15th, 2011. ABSTRACT The ability of eight natural adsorbents were investigated for adsorptive removal of Cr( VI) from aqueous solutions. Various physico-chemical parameters such as pH, initial metal ion concentration, adsorbent dose level and equilibrium contact time were optimized in batch adsorption technique. A detailed Fourier Transform Infrared spectra (FTIR) study of adsorbents and Cr( VI) loaded adsorbents at the optimized condition was carried out to identify the different func- tional groups that were responsible for the adsorption. The important functional groups like hydroxyl, alkene, aromatic nitro, carboxilate anion, silicon oxide, sulphonic acid etc. were present in the natural adsorbent and were responsible for the chemical adsorption of Cr ( VI) from aqueous solutions. The sorption energy calculated from Dubinin-Radushkevich isotherm indicated that the adsorption process were chemical in nature. Keywords : FTIR, Chromium(VI), Rice Straw, Hyacinth Roots, Saw Dust 1. Introduction In recent years, several natural or agricultural wastes [8-11] have been used for the removal of heavy metal Cr(VI) containing waste water disc