Abiaziem, C. V and Williams, A. B. and Inegbenebor, A. I. and Onwordi, C.T. and Ehi-Eromosele, C. O. and Petrik, L. F. (2019) Adsorption of lead ion from aqueous solution unto cellulose nanocrystal from cassava peel. In: 3rd International Conference on Science and Sustainable Development (ICSSD 2019)., 2019.
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Abstract
Acid hydrolysis was used for the synthesis of cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) from cassava peel (CP). The process was carried out at 450C for 45 min using 64% concentrated sulphuric acid, Pb2+ was removed from aqueous solution using the synthesized CNC adsorbent. Cassava peel cellulose nanocrystal (CPCNC) was characterised using FT-IR and X-Ray diffraction techniques. The different operational factors were examined to enhance the conditions for optimum adsorption of Pb2+. The equilibrium adsorption figures fitted well into both the Freundlich and Langmuir isotherm models, indicating that adsorption was due to the formation of a monolayer adsorption unto a homogenous surface and showed a good relationship between the Pb2+ and the CPCNC. The separation factor, RL, which is a dimensionless constant ranged between 0.02 and 0.248 and indicated that the adsorption was feasible and favourable. The optimum adsorption capacity was 6.4 mg Pb2+/g CNC at 25oC and pH 6. This study revealed that this novel nanomaterial has an unlimited prospect for effective removal of lead ion from aqueous solution.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Chemistry |
| Depositing User: | Mr Taiwo Egbeyemi |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Jun 2020 19:53 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Jun 2020 19:53 |
| URI: | http://eprints.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng/id/eprint/347 |
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