removal of malathion from aqueous solutions and waste water using fly ash删除马拉松从水和废水利用粉煤灰的解决方案.pdf

J. Water Resource and Protection, 2010, 2, 322-330 doi:10.4236/jwarp.2010.24037 Published Online April 2010 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/jwarp/) Removal of Malathion from Aqueous Solutions and Waste Water Using Fly Ash 1 1 2 2 3 4 Vinay K. Singh , Ravi S. Singh , Prem N. Tiwari , Jai K. Singh , Fethiye Gode , Yogesh C. Sharma 1 Department of Chemistry, Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Post Graduate College, Allahabad , India 2Department of Chemical Engineering Technology, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India 3Department of Chemistry, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey 4Department of Applied Chemistry, Institute of technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India E-mail : ysharma.apc@itbu.ac.in Received July 24, 2009; revised August 14, 2009; accepted October 28, 2009 Abstract Fly ash, obtained from a thermal power plant, Anpara, Sonebhadra, India has been used as an effective ad- sorbent for the removal of malathion from aqueous solutions. The time required to attain equilibrium was found to increase from 40 to 60 minutes as the initial malathion concentration increases from 1 to 10 mg/L. The optimum pH value for adsorption was 4.50. The removal of malathion increased by increasing the tem- perature indicating endothermic nature of removal process. The fly ash exhibited first order rate kinetics and followed both Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm models. Endothermic nature of adsorption process was further supported from increasing values of Langmuir and Freundlich constants with increase in temperature. The adsorbent can be used as an economical product for the removal of m