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    Adsorption Behavior of Methylene Blue Onto Activated Coconut Shells: Kinetic, Thermodynamic, Mechanism and Regeneration of the Adsorbent
    (SAGE, 2024) Abbas, Moussa; Trari, Mohamed
    Adsorption techniques are widely used to remove some classes of pollutants from waters, especially those which are not easily biodegradable. The removal of Methylene blue (MB), as a pollutant, from waste waters of textile, paper, printing and other industries has been addressed by the researchers. The aim of this study is to eliminate MB by Activated Coconut Shells (ACS) produced at low cost by adsorption in batch mode. The ACS was characterized by the FTIR spectroscopy and point of zero charge (pHpzc: 5.06). Some examined factors were found to have significant impacts on the MB uptake of ACS like the initial dye concentration Co (40-120 mg/L), solution pH (2-8), ACS dose (1-12 g/L), agitation speed (50-500 r/min), particles size (1.0- 1.2 mm) and temperature (298-333 K). The best capacity was found at pH 6 with an adsorbent dose 8 g/L, an agitation speed 200 r/min and a contact time of 60 min. Modeling Kinetics and Isotherms shows that the pseudo-second-order kinetic model with R2 (0.935 -0.998) and Langmuir adsorption isotherm model provide better fitness to the experimental data with the maximum adsorption capacity of 30.30 mg/g at 25°C. The separation factor R L (0.933-0.541) in the concentration range studied (10-120 mg/L) shows a favorable adsorption. The isotherms at different temperatures have been used for the determination of the free energy ΔG ° (198-9.72 kJ/mol); enthalpy ΔH ° (82.082 kJ/mol) and entropy ΔS o (245.689 J/K mol) to predict the nature of MB adsorption process. The positive values of (ΔG o ) and (ΔHo ) indicate a non-spontaneous and endothermic MB adsorption with a chemisorption. The adsorbent elaborated from Coconut Shells was found to efficient and suitable for the removal of MB dye from aqueous solutions, due to its availability, low cost preparation and good uptake capacity.
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    Cyanide Removal from Aqueous Solution by Oxidation with Hydrogen Peroxide Catalyzed by Copper-Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles
    (Springer Nature, 2024) Boutrif, Abderrahamane; Chergui, Salima; Halet, Farid; Chergui, Abdelmalek; Boudriche, Lilya; Ould-Dris, Aïssa; Nadjemi, Boubekeur; Yeddou, Ahmed Reda
    This work is concerned with the cyanide removal from aqueous solution by oxidation with hydrogen peroxide H2O2 catalyzed by copper zinc oxide (CuO-ZnO) nanoparticles prepared by co-precipitation method. The influences of catalyst dose, hydrogen peroxide concentration, temperature, and catalyst stability on cyanide removal were examined. The use of CuO-ZnO nanoparticles made it possible to increase the reaction rate, thus showing good catalytic activity. The cyanide removal percentage was increased after 75 minutes of reaction time from 70% to 100% by raising the catalyst dose from 0.25 g/L to 1.0 g/L. Increasing the temperature from 24 °C to 35 °C enhanced cyanide removal rate, the apparent activation energy was then found to be equal to 48 KJ/mol. The nanocatalyst was used again for four successive times and exhibited good stability. The kinetics of cyanide elimination was found to be pseudo-first order with respect to cyanide.
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    Short-term laboratory adsorption of zinc and cadmium ions from aqueous solutions to ground canna indica roots
    (Springer Nature, 2023) Ghezali, Katia; Abdelwaheb, Mohamed; Nedeff, Valentin; Moşneguţu, Emilian Florin; Guettaf, N.; Bârsan, Narcis
    The current work presents the competitive removal of zinc (Zn) and cadmium (Cd) ions by adsorption using the roots of the Canna indica plant in order to study the metal-plant interactions at the microscopic scale that occur in constructed wetlands and phytoremediation processes. The sorption process was described in association with the data generated from Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). Kinetic variables and constants were calculated, optimized, and analyzed. The pseudo-second-order kinetic model provided the best fit to the experimental data and the sorption equilibrium was achieved in nearly 300 min. The equilibrium isotherms of zinc and cadmium were described using the nonlinear models of Langmuir, Freundlich, Sips, and their multi-component equivalents. The dimensionless separation factor (R L) showed that the adsorption system in this study is favorable. The Langmuir monolayer adsorption capacities were 71.20 and 298.6 μg g−1 for Zn2+ and Cd2+ respectively. The parameters of the metal adsorption isotherm fitted better to the extended Freundlich isotherm. This study reveals the association between surface properties and the biosorption capacity of heavy metals by plant roots on the one hand and the implication of the ion exchange mechanism through chemisorption on the uptake of Zn2+ and Cd2+ ions from aqueous solution by this adsorbent on the other hand.
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    Potential of titanium dioxide to remove bromothymol blue (BTB) in aqueous solution by batch mode Adsorption–Kinetic, isotherm and thermodynamic studies
    (Springer, 2023) Abbas, Moussa
    The adsorption is widely used to remove certain classes of pollutants from water, especially those that are hardly biodegradable and dyes represent one of these problematic groups. The removal of bromothymol blue (BTB) from wastewater using TiO2 was studied in batch system. The adsorbent TiO2 has a specific surface area of 400 m2/g, a mean crystallites sizes (5–10 nm), and pHpzc equal to 6.5. TiO2 is stable over the whole pH range and constitutes a good compromise between efficiency and stability (in both acidic and basic media), therefore, the use of other additives is not necessary. Its non-toxicity and low energy required for its activation (E ~ 3 eV) as well as its low cost for most of the applications envisaged make it advantageous. The influence of effective variables such as solution pH (1–10), contact time (0–60 min), initial BTB concentration (5–40 mg/l), adsorbent dose of TiO2 (0.2–2 g/l), and temperature (20–60 °C) on the adsorption efficiency was examined, while the BTB content was determined by UV–Vis spectrophotometry. The optimal pH, adsorbent dose, and contact time for the efficient removal were found to be 10, 0.2 g/l, and 30 min, respectively, and the adsorbent was characterized by the BET analysis and point of zero charge (pHpzc). Among the different kinetic models, the experimental data of the BTB removal are well fitted with the pseudo-first-order kinetic model with a high determination coefficient. The evaluation of the fitness of equilibrium data by various conventional isotherm models, based on the R2 value as criterion, show the successful applicability of the Langmuir model for the interpretation of experimental data with a maximum adsorption capacity (qmax) of 27.02 mg/g at 20 °C and R2 of 0.997. The adsorption isotherms at different temperatures have been used for the determination of the free energy (ΔGo = 2.1808 to—1.0981 kJ/mol), enthalpy (ΔHo = 20.74 kJ/mol), and entropy (ΔSo = 65.58 J/mol/K) indicate that the overall adsorption is spontaneous and endothermic in nature
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    Thermodynamic and kinetics studies on adsorption of Indigo Carmine from aqueous solution by activated carbon
    (Elsevier, 2019) Harrache, Zahia; Abbas, Moussa; Aksil, Tounsia; Trarib, Mohamed
    The kinetic and equilibrium parameters of the quantitative adsorption for Indigo Carmine (IC) removed by commercial activated carbon (AC) were studied by UV–visible absorption spectroscopy. AC with a high specific surface area (1250.320 m2/g) was characterized by the Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) method and point of zero charge (pzc). The effect of the initial dye concentration (10–60 mg/L), contact time (0–90 min), pH (1−12), agitation speed (0–600 rpm), adsorbent dose (1–10 g/L) and temperature (298–323 K) were determined to find the optimal conditions for a maximum adsorption. The adsorption mechanism of Indigo Carmine onto AC was studied using the first pseudo order, second pseudo order and Elovich kinetics models. The adsorptions kinetic were found to follow a pseudo second order kinetic model with a determination coefficient (R2) of 0.999. To get an idea on the adsorption mechanism, we applied the Webber-Morris diffusion model. The equilibrium adsorption data for Indigo Carmine on AC were analyzed by the Langmuir, Freundlich, Elovich, Dubinin and Temkin models. The results indicate that the Langmuir model provides the best correlation at 25 °C (qmax = 79.49 mg/g) and Dubinin at 40 °C (qmax = 298.34 mg/g). The adsorption isotherms at different temperatures have been used for the determination of thermodynamic parameters such as free energy (ΔG° = −0.071 to −1.050 kJ/mol), enthalpy (ΔH° = 28.11 kJ/mol), entropy (ΔS° = 0.093 kJ/mol·K) and activation energy (Ea) of 51.06 kJ/mol of adsorption. The negative ΔG° and positive ΔH° values indicate that the overall adsorption is spontaneous and endothermic.
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    Equilibrium and Kinetic Modelling of Astrazon Yellow Adsorption by Sawdust: Effect of Important Parameters
    (2010) Ouazene, Naima; Sahmoune, Mohamed Nasser
    This paper aims to investigate the sorption of Astrazon yellow (A.Y.) onto sawdust (Aleppo pine tree), a forest waste as that acts as a low-cost adsorbent. In our experiments, the batch sorption is studied with respect to solute concentration, contact time, adsorbent dose, particle size and pH. The adsorption process attains equilibrium within 300 minutes. The extent of dye removal decreased with increasing particle size and increased with increasing contact time, adsorbent dose and pH. The equilibrium data were analysed by the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms. The characteristic parameters for each isotherm were determined. By considering the experimental results and adsorption models applied in this study, it can be concluded that equilibrium data were represented well by the Langmuir isotherm equation. Maximum adsorption capacity calculated at 293K was 81.8 mg/g. Five kinetic models (pseudo-first order, pseudo-second order, fractional power, Elovich and intraparticle diffusion kinetic equations) were used to predict the adsorption rate constants. The kinetics of adsorption of the basic dye followed both Elovich and pseudo-second order kinetics, and intraparticle diffusion was not the sole rate-controlling step. The effective diffusion of Astrazon yellow in sawdust according to Boyd Model was 24.22 .10􀀀12 m2/S. In order to reveal the adsorption characteristic of sawdust samples, SEM and FTIR spectra analyses were carried out. The results show that sawdust (Aleppo pine tree) can be an alternative low-cost adsorbent for removing cationic dyes from wastewater.
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    Zeolite imidazolate framework-11 for efficient removal of Bromocresol Green in aqueous solution, isotherm kinetics, and thermodynamic studies
    (2021) Lamari, Rachid; Benotmane, Bénamar; Mezali, Samira
    * Corresponding author.1944-3994/1944-3986 © 2021 Desalination Publications. All rights reserved.Desalination and Water Treatment www.deswater.comdoi: 10.5004/dwt.2021.27183224 (2021) 407–420JuneZeolite imidazolate framework-11 for efficient removal of Bromocresol Green in aqueous solution, isotherm kinetics, and thermodynamic studiesRachid Lamaria,*, Bénamar Benotmanea, Samira MezalibaURMPE, M’Hamed Bougara University, Boumerdes 35000, Algeria, Tel. +213 662044327/213 659010318; emails: r.lamari@univ-boumerdes.dz (R. Lamari), b.benotmane@univ-boumerdes.dz (B. Benotmane) bFaculty of Sciences, Chemical Department, M‘Hamed Bougara University, Boumerdes 35000, Algeria, Tel. +213 553726873; email: s.mezali@univ-boumerdes.dzReceived 16 May 2020; Accepted 19 February 2021abstractIn this study, zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF-11) type was synthesized by stirring method and used for the removal of Bromocresol Green (BCG) from aqueous solutions. For this purpose, the ZIF-11 particles were analysed by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscope, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, and differential scanning calorimetry. In batch experiments, the effective BCG adsorption parameters onto ZIF-11 particles were exam-ined. Based on the characterization results, the synthesized ZIF-11 showed a highly porous, irreg-ular, and inhomogeneous shapes and crystals with varying sizes as well as high thermal stability. The adsorption results indicated that the highest BCG removal (89%) was obtained when the solu-tion pH, the stirring speed, the contact time, and the temperature were adjusted to 6.8, 400rpm,30min, and 298K, respectively. The adsorption data fitted well to Langmuir and Temkin mod-els with maximum adsorption capacity of 150mg/g.The adsorption kinetics was compatible with the pseudo-second-order and the intraparticle diffusion models. Indeed, BCG molecules instanta-neously adsorbed on the external surface of ZIF-11 particles and gradually diffused within theirs pores. The negative value of free energy change and positive values of enthalpy and entropy changes showed the feasibility, randomness, and endothermicity of the BCG adsorption process, which was found to be physicochemical based
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    Biosorption of hexavalent chromium and Congo red dye onto Pleurotus mutilus biomass in aqueous solutions
    (Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021) Alouache, A.; Selatnia, A.; Sayah, Houssem Eddine; Khodja, M.; Moussous, S.; Daoud, N.
    With the significantly increasing pharmaceutical and antibiotics industry in Algeria, the elimination of biomass is of utmost importance since the latter represents a large part of waste from the manufacturing process. In this work, the elimination of hexavalent chromium Cr (VI) and Congo red dye is part of the Pleurotus mutilus biomass recovery process. Thus, biosorption has been studied in a discontinuous system. Optimal conditions were estimated by variations in contact time, temperature, initial pollutant concentrations, and simultaneous removal of both pollutants. The greatest uptake capacities achieved were 36.68 mg/g of and 15.08 mg/g of Cr(VI). The initial concentrations of both pollutants being equal to 50 mg/l, for a duration time of 180 min and a temperature of 300 K. Based on the values of the coefficient of determination R2, χ2, and ARE, the isothermal equilibrium data were better represented by Freundlich, Temkin, and Dubinin-Radushkevich models. The kinetic biosorption of the two pollutants was well described using the pseudo-first-order model. The biosorption process is controlled by external mass transfer. The physical process in nature of Cr(VI) and (CR) biosorption has been justified based on the values obtained of ΔG° and ΔH°. Globally, this work demonstrates the considerable potential of Pleurotus mutilus for the elimination of anionic pollutants. Research results indicate that this biomass, a waste material, first destined for incineration, was recovered without any treatment. Due to its low cost, it could serve as an inexpensive source for recovering heavy metals and dyes from dilute contaminated water. © 2021, Islamic Azad University (IAU)
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    Adsorption of Cr(VI) from aqueous solutions using algerian pinus halepensis tannin foam
    (Polymer Society of Korea, 2020) Hamadi, Zeyneb; Hamadi, Zeyneb; Kebir, Mohammed; Amirou, Siham; Essawy, Hisham; Pizzi, Antonio
    In this study, new adsorbent tannin foam was prepared from Algerian natural pinus halepensis tannin (APTF). The prepared material has been used as an efficient and environmentally friendly adsorbent to remove chromium (Cr(VI)), which is considered as the most toxic pollutant in wastewater. The different features of the adsorbent in terms of the structural and morphological characteristics were studied. The impact of different factors on the adsorption process, such as pH, adsorbent mass, initial Cr(VI) concentration, and temperature, was investigated. The data obtained from the Cr(VI) adsorption revealed an improvement of the removal efficiency with increasing the adsorbent dose, the pH had a notable effect on Cr(VI) adsorption capacity, whereas the effectiveness decreased by rising the initial metal concentration. In addition, it was observed that adsorption efficiency enhanced with increasing temperature, indicating that the adsorption was endothermic and spontaneous in nature. Moreover, the results were best represented by the pseudo-second order kinetic model and the Langmuir isotherm model (qm = 400 mg·g-1) at 293 °K and pH ~2
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    Photolysis of bromophenol blue in aqueous solution under uv-irradiation: optimization of the parameters influencing the kinetics of degradation
    (Desalination Publications, 2021) Abbas, Moussa
    Although water purification technologies have advanced considerably, they still come up against certain recalcitrant molecules that are difficult to degrade, such as pesticides, dyes and other indus-trial or agricultural residues. The degradation by photolysis of bromophenol blue (BPB), a textile dye, is studied under UV irradiation in the absence of the catalyst. Various parameters which influ-ence the kinetics of degradation have been studied, of which we can cite the pH, photonic intensity, BPB concentration and irradiation time. This study shows that the change in the chemical oxygen demand (COD) as a function of irradiation time and the mineralization of the solution occurs slowly. 4h of irradiation are necessary to observe 20% of COD which is determined by K2Cr2O7 oxidation in the presence of Ag+ as a catalyst, 96% of the organic compounds are oxidized under these con-ditions. The results show that the apparent rate constants of the BPB degradation augment linearly with the light flux. The discoloration rate of BPB solution augments with increasing pH until an optimum pH of 12, the degradation kinetics shows that the Langmuir–Hinshelwood model gives a better correlation. A total disappearance of BPB was observed after 150min of irradiation, indicating the effectiveness of direct photolysis in eliminating the dye. The apparent rate constants are deter-mined for the different parameters to confirm the validity of the model. The measurement of COD is a determination of organic matter which characterizes the amount of chemically oxidized sub-stances present in water. The results show that the apparent rate constants of the BPB degradation increase linearly with the photonic flux applied in the field of study